Director inspirations include Mike Leigh, David Cronenberg, Hal Ashby, Carl Dreyer, and David Lynch. Lynch's Inland Empire was notably influential; this is the first film that Lynch shot using prosumer camcorders.
The film is intentionally episodic, with the editing and filming styles tailored to fit the specifics of the session portrayed.
The story is inspired by the writer/director's experiences as a pro-domme and pro-sub at a NYC dungeon.
The film originally was pitched as a thirty minute experimental stop-motion piece as a graduate school thesis project.
The film title came from one of the sex work pseudonyms writer/director Cheyenne Picardo did *not* choose while working at the dungeon.