Festival Version

Indigo Lady: Our first trailer

sylviatoyindustries: Indigo Lady Experiment 3 from Sylvia Toy on Vimeo.

Indigo Lady: Experimenting ...

Indigo Lady special effect experiment 2 from Sylvia Toy on Vimeo.

Experimenting ...

Indigo Lady special effect experiment 1 from Sylvia Toy on Vimeo.

Revised Concept & Process

changing my concept for my performance art movie, Indigo Lady: i now see it as composed of monologues by the female characters (Indigo, Violet, Russell's Mistress, Flavia) montage style the way i've been working,

kabuki geisha from Sylvia Toy on Vimeo.

but with each monologue telling the story Rashomon style; and intercut in such a way that the story is arc'ed, and so that the audience can decide for itself what really happened. i have told the actors that they really really really will have to trust me, because we will work one on one, with each actor only knowing what the other characters have said from rushes (viewing rushes is optional and up to each actor). i want a sense of isolation/persecution/victimization, self centeredness and trying to get the audience on one's side as if each character was telling their side of the story before anybody else's side of the story was told.

Designer Tyler Cohen

Tyler told me she hadn't done much work for the movie - wow! i wonder what will happen when she gets serious. - sylvia

Indigo Lady A Quicktime Storyboard, 2nd Draft

Brilliant work by Sapna Gandhi

Indigo Lady: First "Review"

by my friend on Vimeo:

Christina W Ward 18 hours ago: Reflections, why do we do this to ourselves?...It's not like the "astral" physical world is of concern? I love your story..."ruffles & an invitations to artificial birthdays..." Your passion makes this what it is: BOLD!

sylvia toy industries Lewis  17 hours ago: christina: even though the title character is very different from the kind of woman that i am - and was raised to be - i empathize with her. she is in a limbo of her own making, because in spite of her visceral impulses, she does not go past superficiality. and you're right: we do it to ourselves, and i am passionate about living with awareness that all of 'this' will turn back into stardust someday.

Christina W Ward 5 hours ago: I want more! ...Oh, I kind of liked envisioning you as the character, it made it more real...I am glad to know you know the difference, that makes me confident your objective was something I acknowledged as well!