Friday 29 April 2016
Initially i was going to call this portrait documentary POPS “Portrait of a Prospect Sportsman, however, after brainstorming for ages and searching the internet for ideas on what to call this project i decided to call the project “Against The Ropes"
The reason for this name is that, throughout his childhood upbringing Oli has been against the ropes, on the verge of defeat to the point that he contemplated suicide at one point. However, with the determination to start life afresh and build up his confidence, he fought back and turned himself into a new person; strong, confident and determined to succeed and prove those who didn’t believe in him wrong.
So for this reason, i thought that “Against the ropes” is a good name because it represents Oli’s story.
For the poster design, i went for a simple design, using the backdrop of the gym which i decorated during a shoot day, and taking a picture of Oli wearing his T-shirt and looking normal - plain faced into the camera. The reason for this is that i didn’t want to get a typical macho hardman picture of Oli, i wanted something rather relaxing. Although, my choice in colour, making the picture darkish, is to give a kind of ominous feeling.
