Anyhoo, for the shapes/emotions/colors project in Flash, I decided I would choose sadness as my emotion that I was going to express. I chose this emotion because this weekend was a particularly dreary one, and it seemed to fit the general mood of the approaching winter. To express this emotion, I chose to use a dark blue background. For the shapes, I chose to make them neutral dark tones that are generally associated with being sad. As for the movement of the shapes, I wanted to make them interact in a way that made it seem like one was barely missing the other, or was only able to have a limited time with the shape they were interacting with. Also, by moving many of the shapes away from each other, or by changing their form slightly, I tried to convey the feelings of isolation and depression that accompanies sadness. I'm not entirely sure that sadness came across in some parts of the piece, but I tried my best.
Here's an animation that I found on Youtube that I really like because it retains the drawing element of animation that I think is often overlooked today.
