Analyzing Pixar's Emotions In The Film 'Inside Out'

The film Inside Out tells the story of a young girl named Riley and her changing emotions after she is forced to move from her home town in Minnesota to San Fransico for her father’s job. The story is told from the perspective of her five emotions. Riley’s emotions are led by Joy, who attempts to guide her through the stressful event. Although Joy puts forth great effort, Sadness takes over. When trying to protect Riley’s core memories from Sadness, Joy is swept from headquarters through the dump tube and Sadness follows. With Joy and Sadness gone, Anger, Fear, and Disgust are the only emotions left in headquarters; therefore, Riley cannot be happy or sad. Because Joy and Sadness are absent, Riley’s personality islands diminish one by one. Riley fights with her family, pushes away from her friends back home, and loses interest in hockey. As Joy and Sadness navigate through Riley’s brain in search of a way back to headquarters, they encounter many obsticles. Back in headquarters, Anger, Fear, and Disgust place the idea of running away into Riley’s head. Joy witnesses the transformation of a sad memory into a happy memory, and finally realizes the importance of all emotions, including Sadness. With the help of Bing Bong, Riley’s imaginary friend, Joy and Sadness find their way back to headquarters and are able to stop Riley from running away. An update in headquarters takes place, and more personality islands develop. Joy learns to accept the

Pixar’s film, Inside Out, addresses our relationship to our feelings in a sophisticated way for adults and kids to understand and enjoy. Joy, Anger, Disgust, Sadness, and Fear, the five emotions that dwell in the inner world of a young girl named Riley. Joy is the team leader and she displays compassion and demonstrates the aspect of her that permits her to be happy. Anger is very passionate about making sure things work out fairly for Riley. Disgust is highly opinionated and tries to protect her from poisonous situations whether physically or socially. Sadness was used to signal when Riley needed comfort and support. Finally, Fear, he is always on the lookout and I used to protect her. All five of the emotions contribute to build up Riley’s personality. She is upbeat, honest, cheerful, somewhat neurotic, etc.

One of the first conflict styles Joy uses in the beginning of the movie is competing. This occurs when one person completes their goals and the other does not. Adler and Proctor stated (2011), "This win-lose approach to conflict involves high concern for self and low concern for others... competition seeks to resolve conflicts "my way" (page 386). In the movie when Joy comes in contact with a conflict she tends to react the way she sees fit. When sadness tries to touch one of Riley's core memories Joy immediately pushes her away and makes her turn her attention to something else so that she won't be in the way. By being pushed away this causes Sadness to be the losing party because she is not able to achieve her goal of having more input in Riley's

Just in: Joy has escaped from Riley’s mind! There has been a sighting of Joy at the Mind Metro buying a ticket to Role Ridge. Role Ridge is known for having the 2nd largest population of story and movie stars after Charatopia. Will she spread delight and glee? Will there never be sadness or misery ever again? Will Riley be like a gloomy lump of coal?

Imagine you’re being chased by a thug down the street, what do you do? Would you be strong and face the thug or would you be a coward and let him attack you? Richard Wright, a young boy, was just walking down the street to buy some groceries, when a couple of thugs jumped him for his money(Complex Sentence). In Never Fall Down, The Rights to the Streets of Memphis, and Deep Survival, to survive, you need to show none of your emotions, be strong, and be adaptable.

When Riley Anderson was born, the emotion Joy (Amy Poehler) stood alone in the “headquarters” of her mind. But soon, other emotions appeared, including Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Fear (Bill Hader), Disgust (Mindy Kaling), and Anger (Lewis Black). As Riley aged, Joy and the other emotions learned to work together to bring balance to both her memories and the branching islands of the young girl’s personality.

“Anger” influenced Riley to steal money from her parents to fund her ticket home. Riley was unable to deal with the changes she encountered in San Francisco. Riley missed her friends back home and had difficulty making new ones. She was so out of touch with her other emotions such as joy, sadness, fear, and disgust that anger influenced all of her behavior. Riley was no longer relying on her memories to bring her joy because all of her memories were back in Minnesota. She had been sad for a long time and refused to go to her family for support. Due to Riley internalizing all of her emotions for so long, she was unable to feel Joy, disgust, anger, or fear but she was able to feel sadness. Sadness eventually influenced Riley to report back home to her

As the film begins, it is clear from the start that the emotions care a great deal for Riley. As the primary emotion, Joy takes it upon herself to be the leader of the group and does everything in her power to make sure every moment of Riley’s day is a happy one. Sadness, voiced by Phyllis Smith, is not sure of her purpose in Riley’s mind, so her fellow emotions attempt to keep her involvement to a minimum, in fear of putting a damper on Riley’s mood. The rest of the emotions, Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling), and Fear (Bill Hader), keep Riley’s life fair, poison free, physically and socially, and safe, respectively (Inside Out). A stand out character who appears is Bing Bong, voiced by Richard Kind, Riley’s imaginary friend from when she was a

a. We need to feel all of our emotions because they will always be there whether we feel them or not. Since they are always there you need to confront your emotions so you can once again balance out your emotional state of mind. 8. How does this movie explain "emotional balance"? a. This movie shows emotional balance by showing in the end how they all work together to provide the best life for Riley.

In 2015, Disney Pixar released Pete Docter’s movie, Inside Out. The initial release of the movie was a hit in the box office and made a lot of young children and even their parents, thrilled to see. I went to see this movie with my family and I was actually excited about it because the previews were very entertaining. I am not one that typically wastes money to go see an animated film in the movie theater, but this one the one exception. The movie is about an 11-year-old girl, Riley, who moves to San Francisco with her parents from Minnesota, due to her father’s job. The main characters of the movie, however, are not Riley and her parents, but Riley’s primary emotions – Happiness (Joy), Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust. These emotions give us a glimpse into the mindset of a young adolescent girl who is having trouble adjusting to her new surroundings and faking her happiness for her parents. This movie appealed to me because it was so relatable and it had such a deeper messages that takes knowledge and life experience to understand. The emotions that Riley is feeling throughout the movie really made the audience feel connected to her character. The movie exceeded my expectations and made it completely worth going to see. The emotions in the movie were more than just characters; they were a part of the person watching. This movie had the potential to make viewers think about their actions and reactions towards situations in their everyday life. Riley’s

Had I watched this Inside Out at different points over the semester, I would have been able to find different flaws each time. This movie is supposed to be about Riley, but it turns out to be centered around the journey that Joy and Sadness must take in order to return to headquarters, more specifically, it validates sadness as an emotion. Sadness spent her first eleven years with Riley being told to stay back and not to screw anything up, in reality, sadness is often frowned upon, because for some people, they are the opposite of Riley’s character. This movie shows that the happiest of children can go through life changing struggles and embrace their other emotions. You cannot appreciate being happy unless you have known being sad, this movie brings attention to the necessity of a balance in life.

“Inside Out” is interesting for me. As Pete and Ronnie Carmen are the authors of Inside Out, I think they would like to offer emotional aspects of human psychology though the idea were adapted into a cartoon character. So the audiences understand the emotions of the character clearly.

Pixar takes a leap of faith after two years since its last movie; “Inside Out” brings new levels of imagination in taking kids of all ages inside the mind of Riley, an 11-year-old-girl. The preteen, who is undoubtedly at her puberty stage, is controlled by 5 core emotions inside her head, or “Control tower”: Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Anger, and Fear. These 5 control Riley’s emotions as if they were a pilot of a plane, with numerous buttons and knobs everywhere. Riley is a happy girl, all thanks to Joy who usually controls much of the work while keeping Sadness, Disgust, Anger and Fear in their places; Until Joy gets sucked out of the control tower, leaving Riley to constantly crumble and stress out.

Joy is the emotion that keeps Riley happy. The happier riley is the healthier her life will be. Joy is the key to keeping all of the emotions and islands in order.

The film Inside Out (2015) produced and directed by Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Pictures, is a movie based on the emotions of a 11-year-old girl called Riley. The film’s principal characters are five emotions located in Riley’s brain. These emotions are Joy, Sadness, Disgust, Fear, and Anger. All of them work together inside Riley’s mind to accomplish one goal: Her Happiness. Everything revolves around Riley because she is facing a hard move with her family from Minnesota to San Francisco, leading to big changes around his life, attitude, and behavior. Most of the movie is set inside Riley’s mind, where the emotions operate her brain’s control center. The film explains that our brain has functions that control our responses to certain situations, and the ways that we handle these situations are controlled by our emotions. Also, it explains that our personalities and identities are defined by certain emotions, which shape how we handle and express to specific situations. The decisions and actions that the emotions choose to do in Riley’s life will drive the plot. Inside Out (2015) will not only explain through its colors, lighting, and camera shots the storyline of the movie, but also the importance of emotions and how they play a big role in our lives.