I like the fact that this poster was designed without shying away from showing the horrific realities of child abuse. The colours are very simple and the font is foreboding. What I like the most is the fact that they have used a fact to reinforce their point and it really hits the audience hard.
I really like this poster. Whereas, usually, the child's eyes in a poster are hidden to add animosity. This poster's focal point is the eye. In the eye is a reflection of a man, this suggests that what the child fears is this man. This interpretation is backed up by the text "can't you see the fear in their eyes?" Moreover, the font and colours are kept very simple as is the convention for a poster condemning child abuse.
This poster is successfully conveys a bleak and traumatic outlook on child abuse. Rather than a poster for a documentary, the poster is an appeal. This could explain the more hard-hitting attributes like lack of colour and harsh fonts. The child in the poster is looking directly down the lens; giving the impression that it a direct appeal from one of the many victims of child abuse.
The reason that I chose to look at this poster is because similarly to my documentary, it uses the words 'Our Little Secret'. In this instance, the words are part of a longer sentence. However, to me they seem more hard-hitting with just those 3 words. The poster itself is effective. It hides the girls face to give a sense of anonomity, suggesting that the abuse could happen to any child.
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