Flash Forward Animations

I visited the Flash Forward website in search of an animation that I could write about and I found one that I thought was interesting but simple. The one I enjoyed to watch was the Color In Motion animation under the Application category in the film finalists. Once you enter the site and click on the movies choice, a pop up appears with the movies. Each little movie is about the emotions and words that a certain color expresses. For example, in the color blue's movie, some of the words to express the color are: free, deep, peaceful, and clean. As these words fade in and out there is a little blue man made up of (what looks like) popsicle sticks showing an action for these words.
The animation is somewhat simple because there are no cartoons of people or elaborate backgrounds. Instead there are two-dimensional figures and props that look mostly flat. Also, without speaking audio, the messages of what the color represents is used with music. In the blue movie, the music was very calming and relaxing, while the music in the red film was jazzy and more upbeat. This helps show that red is a much stronger and a bright color compared to the peaceful and cooling blue color.
This animation about color was not only enjoyable, but it helped me to understand a little more what colors are best for certain types of emotions or situations. It's very cute and I recommend watching it because it's so creative. Oh yes, I also remember one other thing I noticed. When the movie is paused at certain times, the frame freezes except for a small detail of movement that was moving in movie. It's very hard to explain! In the blue movie, when I paused it during a scene where there was water and a boat, the water continued to move while everything else was paused. The same thing happened when I paused the scene with a bird flying out of a cage. The bird and everything else would freeze, but the bird's wings would continue to flap so that it would stay in the air. A creative little thing there that I wouldn't have noticed before. I'm really glad that I picked to view this animation because it was very creative and charming. You should check out Color in Motion!