Inside Out, And Its Director Pete Docter - 875 Words

Do you ever look at someone and wonder, What is going on inside their head? This is the first question asked in animated film, Inside Out, and its director Pete Docter’s mind after noticing his daughter’s personality changing as she grew up. Using his daughter as inspiration, Pete Docter pitched the idea to Pixar studios where it was picked up immediately for production in 2009. He consulted with numerous child psychologists to create the movie about 11 year old girl, Riley Anderson, moving from Minnesota to San Francisco and her personified emotions to guide her through. Because Pixar’s movies are family friendly, the film’s crew cleverly used color and creative mise en scene to tell the elaborate story between Riley’s mind, the world around her, and other character’s personality traits. The director has an extremely flexible medium due to the fact that the film is an animation, having full control of the character’s design, setting, lighting, effects, and anything in between. It displays all throughout the movie, causing a great contrast, when shifting from a character’s mind to their environment, mainly being Riley. Through a series of montages and flashbacks of Minnesota, the audience can see that the scenes are always lighted in pastel like color, This is to represent Riley’s comfort of her former home in contrast of San Francisco which is depicted in desaturated colors. Furthermore, the animator’s choice of color and lighting for both Minnesota and San FranciscoShow MoreRelatedInside Out Is A Positive And Influential Movie1551 Words   |  7 PagesInside Out is a positive and influential movie to watch for kids or adults. This movie is a life lesson movie. It teaches you about significant emotions we all deal with at some point in life. This movie involves real psychologist that provide positive information and solutions on real life events. Inside Out is a life lesson movie because it provides you with information about five different emotions. These are the top five emotions we all probably have experienced, Joy, sadness, anger, fear andRead MoreDisney Pixar Released Pete Docter s Movie, Inside Out1400 Words   |  6 PagesIntroduction 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, RileyRead MoreMovie Analysis : Inside Out 972 Words   |  4 Pages Emotional Congruence in Inside Out Oftentimes, films intended for children are able to target a secondary audience: children’s parents. Children’s films frequently contain themes and concepts that children themselves cannot fully grasp. Disney Pixar’s 2015 film, Inside Out, is no different. Inside Out serves as an impressively accurate psychological representation of emotions in the preadolescent brain. In creating the film, writer and director Pete Docter consulted Dr. Paul Ekman, a psychologicalRead MoreAnalysis Of Pixar s Inside Out993 Words   |  4 PagesA Joyride of Emotions Pixar’s Inside Out is an interesting take on how our emotions work as well as how our brains operate. The story starts off with a narration by Joy, voiced by Amy Poehler, explaining how her job works, and how she and the other emotions came to be inside the mind of young Riley Anderson. The emotions watch and guide Riley by influencing how she reacts to different daily situations. The only thing the emotions are not prepared for however, is an unexpected move from MinnesotaRead MoreExamination and Problematization of the Representation of Old Age and Aging in Up2218 Words   |  9 Pageshow this film uses processes of agency and transformation of the Self in old age. This film offers two extreme perspectives to look at old age. On the one hand, the film’s plot relies on stereotypical representations of elderly men, keeping them inside of widely socially acceptable boundaries, while at the same time it also challenges social boundaries by creating alternative forms of masculinity for older male to, essentially, contradict a widely accepted declining narrative on old people. Almost