Sociological Analysis Of Inside Out Movie

In the Disney Pixar film Inside Out (2015) directed by Pete Docter, the focus character Riley experiences mild mental illness’ including depression and social anxiety. Mental illness is a less recognised form of disability for the reason that it is an internal illness rather than a physical illness. Depression and social anxiety is a common illness among adolescence as a large number adjustments occur in this period of life for numerous people. The film represents this internal disability by depicting how emotions (joy, sadness, anger, fear and disgust) work in the human brain and what occurs when particular emotions become dysfunctional. The film aims to assist in teaching people in what occurs in the mind when experiencing mental illness.This film has the ability to alter the audience’s attitude formation as it provides an alternate perspective.
According to Fazio and Olson, an attitude is an “organisation of beliefs, feelings and behavioural tendencies towards socially significant objects, groups, events or symbols” (Vaughan & Hogg, 2014, p597). Fazio and Olson’s definition of attitudes relate to the ABC attitude
Similar to Riley, Docter moved houses in his teenage years which caused a large section of his social anxiety, which was caused by the brand new environment and the challenge of having to fit in. Docter felt “out of step” (www.nytimes.com) when he moved and found it the “most difficult time [in his] life” (www.nytimes.com). Docter noticed that his pre-teenage daughter also experienced a similar situation which made him wonder “what happens in peoples heads when this is going on?” (www.nytimes.com) This personal experience influenced the film majorly since he wanted to present to people what he had discovered through his imagination of how the brain functioned during this particular