Inside Out

About Inside Out

Inside Out is an animated feature film directed by Pete Docter and co-directed by Ronnie del Carmen. The film was released by Pixar in 2015 and has been lauded for its creative storytelling. The movie follows Riley, a young girl who is uprooted from her Midwestern home to move to San Francisco, causing her to navigate a series of emotional challenges and changes that manifest through five personified emotions — Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust, and Sadness.

Making / Production

Making of this film was a unique chore as each emotion character was developed to embody its respective sentiment fully. The director Pete Docter took the idea from his daughter's emotional changes while growing up. The film took about five years to complete, with the animation team working meticulously to bring each emotion to life.

Actors

• Amy Poehler as Joy - Poehler lent a lively and infectious enthusiasm to Joy that made the character genuinely lovable.
• Phyllis Smith as Sadness - Smith brought a charming melancholy to Sadness that resonated deeply with audience.
• Bill Hader as Fear - Hader rendered Fear with an infectious jittery energy.
• Mindy Kaling as Disgust - Kaling's snappy sarcasm helped bring Disgust to life.
• Lewis Black as Anger - Black’s fiery energy embodied Anger perfectly.

Trivia / Interesting Facts

• The movie had eight different versions before the final one was decided on.
• Each memory orb in the film, of which there are millions, has a unique memory playing inside it.
• The average number of unique, hand-drawn storyboards used for an average Pixar film is 50,000-60,000. For Inside Out, it was 188,000.

Awards

Inside Out bagged the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and has won 94 other awards while being nominated for 112.

Quotes

• "Do you ever look at someone and wonder, 'What is going on inside their head?' - Joy"
• "Crying helps me slow down and obsess over the weight of life's problems. - Sadness"
• "Congratulations San Francisco, you've ruined pizza!” - Anger"

Music, Soundtrack

• The film’s score was provided by Michael Giacchino, who has previously worked with Disney and Pixar on films like Up and The Incredibles.
• Some of the memorable tracks from the film include 'Bundle of Joy', 'Team Building' and 'Joy Turns to Sadness/A Growing Personality'.