Inside Out mainly uses an omniscient point of view, which allows the audience to have an understanding of the character’s emotions, thoughts, and involvement. This perspective lets the audience know how Riley’s emotions influence her actions and decision-making. In the movie, there are some scenes where the audience can see through Riley’s eyes (1st personal perspective) and how external circumstances form her feelings and insight. The audience has a good balance when seeing Riley’s inner and outer worlds. An omniscient point of view allows the audience to know the characters better and see their development and growth throughout the film. The filmmaker may want to share the internal struggles that people go through in real life by making this movie. Some individuals choose to suppress their “negative” emotions and disguise them by the positivity that they show in their external worlds. Similar to how Joy wanted to suppress sadness in Riley’s internal world.
Docter, Pete, and Ronnie Del Carmen. Inside Out. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, 2015.
Docter, Pete, and Ronnie Del Carmen. Inside Out. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, 2015.
Riley's mother encouraged her to join the San Francisco hockey team. Without Joy at the headquarters, Disgust tried to make Riley respond like Joy. Riley ended up responding to her mother in a sarcastic tone because disgust was controlling her emotions. The two pictures show that the movie uses both first-person and third-person points of view.