With the traffic sign of “pay attention to children” as the main visual form, the image of children in it is changed into a dotted line, which means to pay attention to the disappearance of children and remind of the abduction and trafficking of children in human trafficking.
The poster depicts the passport of a human trafficking victim, with the normal passport data altered to fit his current condition. For instance, the date of issue is switched for the date the person went missing. Another detail is how the stamps on the lower page reflect the tragectory of the victim: leaving their home and thinking they’re getting to a dreamland, just to end up in a literal hell. Below there is an adapted phrase of a real human trafficking victim. The original phrase says: “at first they took my passport as a guarantee that i would pay them back, what i didn’t realize at the time is that they also took my freedom.”
The poster depicts a bunch of airport terminal signs in their usual manner. The only difference is that instead of pointing directions to places in the airport, the 2 lower ones depict the direction that the unaware victim is heading after passing through customs: captivity and forced labour. The slogan at the end warns the viewer to “look at the signs” which means not only to look at possible signs of human trafficking, but the literal act of looking at the airport signs.
The poster design titled “Gone” was inspired by the given song “Shadows After Dark.” The words in the design act as an expression for the calling of action against human trafficking. From the type of the font to the highlight of the ‘Gone’ serves to emphasize the seriousness and the rugged feel the thought of another person is gone missing due to human trafficking. The poster design speaks to the general public to take human trafficking seriously before it ends up being one of their close family or person that they know. When a design speaks directly to the viewer, he or she is better able to relate and take action to the purpose. Persons hardly stop and read a text unless it is big and bold. The red colour that is in the word ‘gone’ not only highlights the seriousness but grabs the viewer’s attention. When a person looks at the poster design, the first thing they are going to see is the word gone. This leads the viewer question to themselves as to what or who is gone, which only leads the viewer to read the entire poster to know.
The design for the poster“No Trace” was inspired by current events that are happening in Jamaica. Since the beginning of the year 2021, there have been numerous females reported missing in various parishes without a clear trace. Human Trafficking is something that happens a lot in Jamaica, and most of the time females are the victims. I title the poster “No Trace” to emphasize the fact that the victim could be anywhere without a clear location point. My poster design acts as a call out to what is happing, using a strong voice and natural illustrative elements to identify the island of Jamaica. The phrase “ sooO Many Gone Without a Trace” was an adoption of the song lyrics given“Shadows After Dark.” This phrase contributed to the illustrative depiction of someone that is gone missing, leaving only a slipper of the victim in the middle of the road that is surrounded by natural elements. However, If you look closely you will see a sign that says“in your parish”. This was used to depict the parishes in Jamaica, which aims toward telling the viewers that this could happen in their parish as well and not just the popular parishes that are involved in human trafficking.
The poster design titled “Man in the Dark” was inspired by the song “Shadows after Dark.” It focuses on the danger of being alone at night or anywhere for that matter. However, within the poster, there is a man figure and a female figure that acts as shadows. The blue background colour help to represent the darks and also imitate the dark blue colour of the sky at night. The words at the back of the man figure jackets are the lyrics from the song “Shadows After Dar” which help to emphasize what is going on in the illustration. The reason for using black figures to symbolize danger, which contributes to the mood at the moment. The man figure was placed as the foreground to emphasize the power and strength he might have over the female figure. The poster design is in no way claiming that females are not responsible for the action of human trafficking too, but to rather capture the mood and scene of the event. The poster design illustrates to the viewers a message to be alert and careful at all times and to trust no stranger.
We never know how many dark corners there are in the world. These dark traffickers drag pure and lovely children into the darkness, causing endless harm to the children.
This work uses the word “stop” to design the poster. The image and text of stop are easy to understand, and the overall poster color is bright and vivid, which makes people remember deeply.
People who are trafficked are bullets used to shoot money.
Passing train on it’s way. No idea where it will lead to and what that place will bring for you in the future.