MACFARLANE ART & DESIGN

Inside Out

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Movie Analysis
SADNESS 
None of the other Emotions really understand what Sadness’s role is. Sadness would love to be more optimistic and helpful in keeping Riley happy, but she finds it so hard to be positive. Sometimes it seems like the best thing to do is just lie on the floor and have a good cry.
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JOY
Joy’s goal has always been to make sure Riley stays happy. She is lighthearted, optimistic and determined to find the fun in every situation. Joy sees challenges in Riley’s life as opportunities, and the less happy moments as hiccups on the way back to something great. As long as Riley is happy, so is Joy.
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ANGER 
Anger feels very passionately about making sure things are fair for Riley. He has a fiery spirit and tends to explode (literally) when things don’t go as planned. He is quick to overreact and has little patience for life’s imperfections.
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FEAR
Fear’s main job is to protect Riley and keep her safe. He is constantly on the lookout for potential disasters, and spends time evaluating the possible dangers, pitfalls and risk involved in Riley’s everyday activities. There are very few activities and events that Fear does not find to be dangerous and possibly fatal.
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  • Some of the main characters have intentional shapes: Anger is shaped like a brick, Joy a star, Sadness a teardrop and Fear is tall and thin like a nerve.
  • Joy's green dress and blue hair were added to keep her from being overly similar to Tinker Bell (although that did lead her to be compared with Marge Simpson in early press reports).
  • Character art director Albert Lozano originally sketched Sadness in her pyjamas, figuring a depressed person would stay in bed all day.
  • A sixth character of Surprise was eventually subsumed into the Fear character.
Some characters didn't make the cut. Take a look:
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Guilt
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Irritation
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Gloom
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Shame and Embarrassment
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Select an emotion other than the ones already illustrated and create a rough character sketch for them. 

 
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