Inside Out: Giving Us Permission to Cry Our Candy Tears If We Want To and Teaching Us Valuable Emotional Lessons

Inside Out (2015) PG 1h 35m

3: Inside Out: Giving Us Permission to Cry Our Candy Tears If We Want To and Teaching Us Valuable Emotional Lessons

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Screen Cares episode host Jennie walks listeners and co-host Sarah through her own headquarters in a discussion of the Pixar classic Inside Out. Screen Cares hosts share the impact of the film in their roles as mothers, partners, and people and explore how the Inside Out can be used as a tool to broaden the social and emotional vocabulary of the entire family, open doors to sometimes difficult conversations about complicated feelings, and provides room for individuals to accepts the important role of sadness in their emotional lives. Jennie has also created two activities to extend the Inside Out caring into the lives of listeners-more information below.

• Personality Island Mapping Activity by Screen Cares
• What’s in YOUR HEAD-quarters? Activity by Screen Cares

Screen Shares Rating: 

• Little-Screen
• Family Screen

Screen Sparks:

1. What was the obstacle Riley needed to overcome? 
2. Does this movie make you cry? Why/why not? 
3. Are some babies born without Joy to lead the way? How does this shape their personality?
4. At the end Joy says “Riley’s 12 now. What could happen?”- What indeed? How do you think the emotional life of the character and yourself changes over time?
5. Which feeling leads your emotions? Are they gendered? (Sadness leads Moms, Riley was Joum and Anger led dads)
6. Can memories change? How fluid are they and what can cause them to shift?

Extra Inside Out Movie Info:

Directors: Pete Docter & Ronnie Del Carmen (also brought us other heartfelt animated films like Up and Soul)

Soundtrack: Michael Giacchino- who has also scored many other noteworthy soundtracks including Jurassic World, Ratatouille, Up, Many Marvel Movies

Starring the voices of:

Behind the Scenes: 

Maxwell’s Personality Islands: Three year old Maxwell created his own personality islands and headquarters using found materials in the backyard.

After the Credits Roll-Links Referenced during the show:

• Amazing extras in the credits (in case you missed them): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DZVnX8bEAs
• Inside Out Website by Pixar: https://www.pixar.com/feature-films/inside-out

Inside Out isn’t just fun- it’s science-y and useful:

1.Interview with movie consultant and Berkley Prof Dacher Kelter: