When thinking of an idea for our film, Jess Fisher and I sat down and discussed possible ideas. We thought about thriller films we've watched and The Woman In Black was mentioned, and we discussed how creepy the dolls within the film made it. From then on, we decided that we would definitely use dolls in our film, which gave Jess another idea - to base our film off the true story of Isla de las Muñecas. Isla de las Muñecas (Island of the Dolls) is in Mexico, just south of Mexico City.
The Legend -
"Don Julian Santana Barrera was the caretaker of the island. The story goes that Julian found a little girl drowned in mysterious circumstances while he was not able to save her life. Shortly thereafter, Julian saw a floating doll near the canals. Most probably, the doll belonged to the girl. He picked up the doll and hung it to a tree, as a way of showing respect and support the spirit of the girl. Julian was apparently haunted by the spirit of the girl and started hanging more dolls in an attempt to please her spirit. Apparently he was very marked by the fact that he was not able to save the little girl’s life. After 50 years of collecting dolls and hanging them on the island, Julian was found dead, drowned in the same spot where the girl did." - this legend information is from the Isla de las Muñecas website http://www.isladelasmunecas.com/
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So using this legend, Jess and I will create a film which has aspects of this story within it, such as the dolls in the tree and the drowning girl.
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