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The Inside Out's Mise-En-Scene

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The movie Inside Out directed by Pete Doctor and Ronnie del Carmen shows the inner-workings of a young girl named Riley’s mind, depicting her emotions as individual characters that use a control bored to control her emotions, thoughts, and actions. The film starts at Riley’s birth and we’re initially introduced to Joy, then Sadness, after which we meet Anger, Fear, and Disgust. Riley’s life is filled with happy memories and moments until her family packs up and moves from Minnesota to San Fransisco. Not long after the move Joy and Sadness get sucked up into the tube that takes memories to the long-term memory bank and they have to work to find their way back. And in the end when Joy and Sadness return back to headquarters it is Sadness who ends up saving the day. …show more content…

For instance, the name of the character which represents and provide joy is named Joy, the same goes for Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust. Each emotion serves a specific purpose inside of Riley’s brain in order to keep her overall emotion balanced. Mise-en-Scene is also reveals character through the color and facial expression of each character/emotion. Joy, the first emotion that is met is glowing and has a constant smile from ear to ear. Next is Sadness, she is short, blue, and looks like she is on the verge of tears. Fear is purple, he wears a nervous smile. Anger is red. Anger always has a scowl on his face and when made very angry his head shoots fire out of it. And last is Disgust. She is green and always has an unimpressed and annoyed look on her

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