Direction and Flow
Maintaining direction adds a sense of consistency throughout your Flash scenes.

The movie to the right is a good example of strong left direction. Every object in the movie enters the frame from the right, and exits to the left. This ensures that everything is generally going the same way, and it will not overwhelm or confuse the viewers eye.



Flowing left.




Conflicting direction.
Direction can be used to illustrate opposite, or conflicting things.

Click on the pulsating blue sphere to the right, and then on the green one.

This movie shows two distinct and conflicting directions, ending in a confrontation. The blue sphere is traveling left, while the green one is going right.

Even though the balls aren't visible on the screen together until the final shot, the viewer knows that they are heading towards eachother, and can anticipate the collision.


Staging...