The Lost Boys - Collage written reflection

During the process of completing my college, I used several creative elements in order to enhance the message I was trying to send to the viewer. Escaping from the idea of a rectangle, I used the shape of a tear drop for my collage. My six word memoir, 'Hope has abandoned us. Please help' the tear drop symbolizes sorrow and despair. Asking for assistance from the chaos. On the right side of the poster, I put the pictures which specifically linked to the problems which the lost boys faced during their stepped migration. The top and bottom of the poster symbolizes the hardships and problems the Sudanese had faced during the time of the civil war. Each part of the collage is divided into sections which explains different topics.

Most of the pictures are of the lost boy's problems they faced during their time in Sudan, and around Africa during the civil war. Starvation, exhaustion, lack of resources, all of these pictures link with those main problems they faced. The images also represent massacre and chaos, which engages the viewer to think of acting upon the situation and wanting to help, creating empathy within the viewer.

My six word memoir sets a mood for the readers, a mood of depression. Loss of hope, 'please help', a beg and cry for mercy. This creates a strong sense of empathy towards the lost boys. The images makes the viewers want to act, and try change the ways the lost boys have to live now.

The tear drop shaped layout itself enhances the effect, that the Lost boys are suffering and are in need of help. One picture shows a Sudanese baby having to drink barely any, but unfiltered dirty water. Another pictures shows one person who has fallen to the ground, and two around him who have barely and body fat. The people of Sudan were living under harsh conditions which the viewers would find very shocking.

My collage demonstrates empathy towards the Sudanese, and the Lost boys as it shows the death, pain and suffering which they had experienced. The collage would make the viewer feel sad, and a need and wanting to help. The collage and the pictures itself create a depressing mood, and a sense of despair.