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The document summarizes information from two sources about the Pixar film Inside Out. It provides details about the plot of Inside Out, in which the emotions inside the mind of 11-year old Riley are personified. Sadness' role in the film is seen as a metaphor for recognizing and accepting mental health issues. The second source discussed how Inside Out is not afraid to put Sadness in the spotlight and explores how feeling all emotions, even negative ones, is an important part of life. Both sources are given a credibility rating between 7 to 8 out of 10.

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The document summarizes information from two sources about the Pixar film Inside Out. It provides details about the plot of Inside Out, in which the emotions inside the mind of 11-year old Riley are personified. Sadness' role in the film is seen as a metaphor for recognizing and accepting mental health issues. The second source discussed how Inside Out is not afraid to put Sadness in the spotlight and explores how feeling all emotions, even negative ones, is an important part of life. Both sources are given a credibility rating between 7 to 8 out of 10.

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www.pixar.com/ Disney Pixar ~ ~ 27/9/2017 Information tool, Growing up can ~ 7 It is a great direct
gives details about be a bumpy source that allows
Pixar movies road, and it’s no me to find out
including how exception for about specific
they were Riley, who is pixar films quickly,
produced and uprooted from however it doesn’t
developed// her Midwest life explore in depth
SECONDARY when her father themes and their
INTERNET SOURCE starts a new job effects on the
in San Francisco. audience. Despite
Like all of us, this limitation it
Riley is guided gives me Pixar’s
by her emotions main view of the
– Joy, Fear, storyline and what
Anger, Disgust the film aims to
and Sadness. achieve.
The emotions
live in
Headquarters,
the control
center inside
Riley’s mind,
where they help
advise her
through
everyday life. As
Riley and her
emotions
struggle to
adjust to a new
life in San
Francisco,
turmoil ensues
in Headquarters.
Although Joy,
Riley’s main and
most important
emotion, tries to
keep things
positive, the
emotions
conflict on how
best to navigate
a new city,
house and
school. – Pixar
Summary of
Inside Out (one
of the films that
discusses
modern
contemporary
issues)
Rachel Simon ~ Bustle.com 27/9/2017 This source is an It's an important ~ 8 It’s a fantastic
https://www.bustle.com/articles/90 article written to lesson, and not source that
762-is-inside-out-about-depression- discuss the theme just for 11-year- expertly and
the-pixar-film-isnt-afraid-to-put- of depression in old girls. Feeling professionally
sadness-in-the-spotlight- ‘Inside out’, all emotions, discusses the
focusing on the even the "bad" effect Sadness has
character sadness ones, is a crucial within the film and
and how the part of human how that role
understanding and existence; life is reflects onto the
acceptance of not meant to be audience as they
sadness is a viewed only may struggle with
metaphor for the through one or their mental
recognition of two filters. As wellbeing. It also
mental health in Joy learns, demonstrates how
recent years.// ignoring Pixar utilises what
SECONDARY sadness, or is happening in
INTERNET SOURCE anger, or fear, is modern society to
incredibly its advantage as
limiting, and Inside out
while received mass
experiencing life success and
purely as a grossed 857.6
happy occasion, million USD at the
without the box office.
challenges and
frustrations that
accompany it,
may be easy, it's
not healthy or
beneficial.
Inside Out
encourages the
acknowledgmen
t, and the
expression, of
all of one's
emotions, no
matter how
difficult it may
be. – Discussing
the importance
of accepting
how you feel
https://griefwatch.com/up- John T. Schwiebert, ~ Griefwatch.com 8/11/2017 This source Those who view ~ 6 It is a good source;
MDiv discusses grief and the movie will however, it lacks
how it is displayed discover all that the detail I feel I
and dealt with in is involved in need. Despite this
the movie ‘Up’ Carl’s adventure limitation it does
and also that follows. successfully
investigates the But for the discuss the
effect of a tragic purposes of this representation of
death on the article on grief, grief in Up and
family members it is enough to how it links to
by creating a say that Carl is modern society
connection able to get the and would
between Carl, Ellie house off the potentially effect
and the audience ground again an audience.
by using their love and land it next
story, making it to the waterfall
personal and by removing
relatable to the from the house
audience.// much of the
SECONDARY furniture and
INTERNET SOURCE other
memorabilia
that represent
his ties to Ellie,
but are still
weighing him
down. And
eventually he is
able to let go of
the house itself.

But the best


part of Carl’s
adventure is
that he and
Russell return
home and Carl
finds a new life
as Russell’s
surrogate
grandparent.
Message: there
is life beyond
grief! And, after
we reach the
bottom of our
grief, and begin
to let go of the
regrets,
resentments
and sorrows
that weigh us
down, the only
way, and the
promised way, is
always “UP”!

http://uk.businessinsider.com/world Tanza Loudenback ~ Business Insider UK 15/11/2017 This source details Millennials in ~ 6 Another good
-economic-forum-world-biggest- what Millenials Sub-Saharan source, but due to
problems-concerning-millennials- (those who reach Africa (24.6%) its lack of focus on
2016-8 young adulthood and the Middle a Pixar audience
by the start of the East/North the results didn’t
21st century) Africa (23.4%) follow the
believe to be the are most conventional more
biggest issues in concerned with personal issues in
modern society.// safety and well- modern society.
SECONDARY being around
INTERNET SOURCE the world, while
millennials in
Latin
America/the
Caribbean are
least concerned
(12.8%).

https://www.newstatesman.com/cul Amelia Tait ~ NewStatesman 22/11/2017 This source Thought this ~ 8 This source was
ture/film/2016/09/list-ways-our- explores the was going to be extremely helpful
society-already-pixar-s-dystopia- impact of a fun read, did to me when
wall-e technology in you? Saw a writing my Wall-e
Wall-E and how it cartoon robot segment on
is similar to a and thought Technology and
dystopian we'd all be the environment
society // having a laugh? as it likens the
SECONDARY Wrong. Every society displayed
INTERNET SOURCE year humans in Wall-E to a
produce 2.12 dystopian one.
billion tonnes of This helped me
waste, with the focus on the
majority of it negative aspects
going into further and how
landfills, or they relate to
worse, the today’s world.
ocean. Although
UK recycling
rates have risen
steadily,
countries like
Romania still
send 99% of
their waste to
landfills.
America's
largest landfill,
Puente Hills, is
over 150 metres
tall and covers
700 acres.

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