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After looking over the images that I have made had for My RUSH opening title I have made some changes, mostly being the idea of inverting the colours. Another part that has been changed is that way that I show James Hunt and Niki Lauda taking the lead title off of each other, it is now an arrow changing the colour of the trophy. I've also changed the composition of some of the shots.

After I had worked out the different stages of the opening for the film Rush I sat about creating some images for the different points and to also try out the style that I hope to use for the animation, similar to using a storybroad. Image 1 Image 1 - The arrows are meant to be James Hunt and Niki Lauda when they are racing each other in their early years when their rivalry started. Image 2 Image 2 - This is one of two images that is meant to shown to Hunt winning against Lauda. Image 3 Image 3 - This is the second image of the two and shows Lauda winning against Hunt. Image 4 Image 4 - The next image shows the logos, at the time of the 1970s, of the two teams that Hunt and Lauda raced for in F1. On the left is the logo for McLaren which was the team Hunt raced for and on the right is the logo for Ferrari which was the team that Lauda raced for. Image 5 Image 5 - This image is meant to be the rain before the 1976 German Grand Prix. Image 6 Ima...

Fig 1. Mary and Max film poster (2009) The Australian film Mary and Max (2009) was directed and written by Adam Elliot and tells the story of two pen pals as they go through their challenging lives at a time when other peoples’ problems were not something that you would inquire about, be it lifestyle or mental. The film starts off in 1976 with young Mary Daisy Dinkle who lives in Australian with her distant father and alcoholic mother. One day she decides to write to someone out of a phone book to ask them about their life in New York, that person is Max Jerry Horowitz. Max himself is surprised by her letter and suffers an anxiety attack due to his social problems, but he decides to write back to Mary and soon the two become friends. As the years go by they learn to except each other, and themselves, for who they are and that their worlds are perfect even if it is not perfect. As the beginning of the film suggests it is based off a true story but it’s not completely clear...

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