My favorite
film of summer 2015 was Pixar’s animated film, Inside Out- it follows the five
emotions inside Riley, an eleven year olds head as she is faced with
frightening new opportunities as Riley and her family move to San Francisco.
The film shows a simplified and fun idea of what goes on through our heads, it
gives the viewers new and imaginative ideas to think about.
There are five emotions shown
throughout the film: the two main emotions that we see throughout the entire
movie is Joy and Sadness, with the other emotions being Anger, Fear and
Disgust.
The film shows Riley in
Minnesota throughout her years growing up, from the day she was born to the day
she moved- this affects the entire film as it shows her life as she is growing
up in comparison to her struggle in this new life as she moves to San
Francisco. Through this move, Joy attempts many times to keep Riley positive,
however these do not work and leaves Riley to see this new area in different eyes,
allowing fear, anger and disgust to creep their way in and take control.
Sadness is a key character throughout this as you see her attempting to help at
many points, but being split from the other emotions in fear that she would
harm Riley. This barrier eventually breaks when Sadness handles a core memory-
one that is a vital part of Riley’s life so far- then starting her and Joy’s
journey to retrieve this core memory and help Riley get it back while the other
emotions are in control of Riley’s control-room. The journey takes them
throughout Riley’s head, from Long Term Memory, Imagination land to the Memory
Dump. These are all vital areas that are in her mind, showing the audience the
key areas of her mind and what is most important to her throughout her life.
Although Joy is the dominant
character in this film, taking control of Riley’s emotions most- as can be seen
through the short term memories in the film, Sadness is also a key emotion,
allowing Riley to react to many situations in a healthy way- the film shows how
you should allow sadness into your life, as well as what happens if you don’t.
Although Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust are seen as “negative” emotions, they
are healthy in a person’s life and necessary for our survival through finding
new things and making a variety of responses to them through these emotions.
Towards the end of the movie, you start to see how each of Riley’s emotions
take an equal role in how she perceives the world around her, showing the
importance of each emotion. Even though Riley’s emotions are the main focus of
the film, you also get to see her mother and fathers emotions- both of which are
shown to be the same gender as the individual. This shows how Riley is
different, showing her emotions to be both male (Anger and Fear) as well as
female (Joy, Sadness and Disgust). Of each character, the emotion which is in
control is also important in how it affects the movie and the impact it has on
those watching. As Riley’s main emotion is Joy at the start of the film, you
get an idea of how her life would have been previously- full of joy and
happiness. However, her mother’s main emotion is sadness and her father’s
anger- this shown by the emotion that is centred in the control room, showing
how their own lives could have been lived previously and how they live their
lives in sadness and anger.
I enjoy this film as it uses a
range of real life ideas in a fun and imaginative way to portray a variety of
lessons and concepts. It is a film that both adults and children can enjoy both
together and separately, as well as being able to watch again and again. The
animation of this movie is incredible to portray a fin and creative style to
the film that everyone will enjoy, in addition to leaving its brilliant mark in
your heart.
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