Doll

The Dollhouse (Short stories go in quotations) Autumn Oldaker I want a tiny doll to add to my collection, and I will take her while dressed in scrubs strolling the halls of a hospital. Today there is a variety of girls to choose from. As I explore the halls of the hospital, I fancy the infants because I have never had one that young. I explore the maternity wing in search of my new doll. I enter a room labeled 121 and a radiant baby girl lies in a woman’s arms. The glow of her skin…

The Cabbage Patch Dolls had a large surge of popularity in the 1980s that didn’t last. A man named Xavier Roberts a Georgian sculptor had created them. He used the technique of “needle molding” to create these dolls. First, he had called these dolls “Little People” but later on developed onto what is now known as the “Cabbage Patch Kids”. Xavier Roberts had an art exhibit he would showcase them at. His assistants were then told to dress in maternity clothing and held the dolls up as if they were…

characteristics can be used and manipulated to add suspense to a film. In Alma, a short, suspenseful film written and directed by Rodrigo Blaas, a young girl is lured into a shop by the beautiful dolls, only to find out that when she touches the one that looks just like her, it traps her within the doll. Blaas uses suspense techniques effectively in this film. Setting, sound, and camera work are all characteristics that create a feeling of suspense. Blaas uses setting to add to the viewer’s…

she went to get her doll baby whom she named “princess” she came over to me and showed me the doll baby pressing her chest to demonstrate that the doll cried when she did so. She explained, “when the baby cry you have to feed her” so she went and got her bottle and began feeding princess. She continued to play with her doll engaging in animistic thinking as she believed that the doll was felling hot and so she took off all the dolls clothes, later she wanted to give the doll a bath and went to…

and the gift of dolls. The big, the special, the loving gift was always a big, blue-eyed Baby Doll. From the clucking sounds of adults I knew that the doll represented what they thought was…

In the bluest eye a little girl receives a doll for Christmas that she doesn’t want. Throughout the story she complains about the expectations placed on her and rebels by treating the doll and others differently than the way people expect her to. Toni Morrison uses the Christmas gift, the doll, to highlight what she perceives to be proof that gender is socially constructed and is used to control women. When the little girl receives the doll for Christmas she is unsure how to act towards it and…

and gray horses he had drawn himself and he was hoping that the dreamcatcher would keep his dreams peaceful tonight. However, while he was having this thought, he saw movement out of the corner of his eye again. He turned his head and saw that the doll had turned his head and was staring directly at him. Knowing that it wasn't his old age catching up to him, the old man grabbed some herbs from his dresser. Thankfully he had borrowed some from his father’s stash and he hoped that he could make…

The idea of an evil doll as a gateway for a pissed-off spirit to torment people has been used in movies such as “Child’s Play” and its “Chucky” sequels. In “Annabelle,” the creepy possessed doll from last year’s “The Conjuring” gets its own origin story. “The Conjuring” was known for its great cinematography done by John R. Leonetti, who directed “Annabelle.” Similar to “The Conjuring,” the two main characters, a young married couple, are followed by the cameras in order to give its audience…

As she was walking by, her eyes caught a glimpse of something shiny. Her curiosity got the best of her and she charged right into the haunted dumpster. It took her a little while to find the shiny object but she eventually found it. It was a doll. The doll, who Esther eventually named Elizabeth, was all scratched up. Her eyes were all gloomy, her head covered in dirt, and her clothes ripped. The only thing that was still preserved was her shiny locket. Esther opened it up to see bloody photos…

her doll house images and domestic scenes. Simmons has expressed herself through the use of props such as “dolls, ventriloquist dummies, objects on legs and occasionally people, to create” images with intensely psychological subtexts.” (IMDb) Simmons first worked with black and white prints then in 1978 she began shooting her doll house images in color. Simmons photos first started out with no figurines. Eventually, she added a female doll. Posing them in many different ways in the tiny doll…