The migrant trap.

• Main Authors: Hong, Avril., Zhu, Yanling.
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/49998
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The following report details the experience of producing The Migrant Trap- a Final-Year Project by two undergraduate students from Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University. The Migrant Trap is an interactive web documentary about the middleman system through which Bangladeshi men find work in Singapore. The producers decided to embark on this project after finding out about the high cost of migration for these men which places them at a great disadvantage even before they set foot on our shores. The project was put together by assembling dozens of interviews, over two thousand images, and text. The documentary sets out to uncover why the situation is as such and what can be done to improve the it. The report includes information on work undertaken during the pre-production, production and post-production stages as well as problems that were encountered.