campaign began with a slow start, raising a few
thousand dollars here and there, but made an
astonishing homerun when it reached the funding goal

in its last two hours on October 6 with $60,140 from 148
backers.

“The 25 days during the Kickstarter campaign were
pretty intense, especially in the final hours,” Wilson said. “We
continued in pre-production as though we were going to get
the money—there was no Plan B. I think that was the key to
success: the mix of the pressure and the positive intentions
made the money come through.”

The campaign included 10 donation levels that people
could choose from, ranging from $10 to $8,000, with different
rewards for each level. The rewards included smaller gifts such
as digital copies of the Indigo graphic novel or the Indigo film,
as well as once-in-a-lifetime opportunities such as a set visit or
private screening with cast and crew for the higher donation
levels.

“T can’t thank the backers enough,” Wilson said. “I look
forward to presenting this film to all of them, as it’s truly their
film too,”

One of the campaign backers, Vancouver filmmaker Kashif
Pasta, commented on the Kickstarter page why he supported
the film: “I recently met some of the producers and key crew
and honestly this is shaping up to be an incredibly fun and
immersive film. I’m backing just to see these visuals realized,
not to mention supporting Vancouver filmmakers and more on-

novel particularly noteworthy
is that Wilson not only captured
the mind of a misunderstood
individual but the mind of someone
with a different gender and cultural
background than hers, being a woman
originally from Jasper, Alberta.

“Jody wrote from the perspective of
a man and I think that is an incredible
accomplishment for a woman to do in any
form. She also wrote from the perspective and
culture of a Japanese male,” Davison said.

“Jody made Takumi real and relatable, not scary or weird.
The story is written emphasizing love and desire, and how

‘Indigo’ writer/director Jody Wilson says the film's title has multiple meanings. One of them is that Takumi believes he comes from
an alien planet where the beings are indigo. Another is that his character is inspired by the characteristics of indigo children.

screen diversity in general.”

The film began as six stories written by Wilson, which were
adapted into a screenplay as well as a graphic novel. The novel
was offered as part of the Kickstarter campaign and is currently
in production. Wilson is working with a layout artist on the
novel’s formatting and then will add dialogue and narration.
The illustrations are done by David Dennis, an illustrator and
storyboard artist from New York.

“The graphic novel was illustrated to a much earlier draft
of the script, so the story is pretty different than the film, which
I think is cool,” Wilson said. What makes the film and graphic

wrapped up and powerful all those elements are within the
mind of someone who isn’t always in touch with reality. The
fantasy, space, sci-fi twist is super interesting,” she said.

“I really wanted to paint a picture, almost a colourful
picture, of someone’s world that they’re living in that the rest of
the world will never see,” Wilson said in her Kickstarter video.

“You can see something beautiful in Takumi’s obsession for
Yoshimi,” Shinozaki said. “I believe it comes from Takumi’s pure
heart.”

To learn more about Indigo, check out the official website at
iheartyoshimi.com