{"id":83,"date":"2021-12-07T19:01:31","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T19:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/identity\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2022-12-18T21:57:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T21:57:48","slug":"up-disney-pixar-film","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/identity\/fall-2021\/internal-external-perceptions\/up-disney-pixar-film\/","title":{"rendered":"UP (Disney Pixar Film)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UP Official Trailer\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HWEW_qTLSEE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Identity is influenced by the internal perspective of oneself as well as others\u2019 external perspectives of someone else. When diving deeper into this concept of identity, I thought of the way that younger people perceive people\/themselves compared to the way older people perceive themselves\/others. This is how I developed the sub concept of the external\/internal perspectives of age differences\/maturity and its influence on identity. This concept can be compared with internal and external perspectives since the way younger people perceive older people (and vice versa) is different. Also, the way someone with a different perspective of identity views someone else can change that person\u2019s view of themselves, too. To explain this concept, I thought of the Disney Pixar movie, <em>UP<\/em>. It is a movie about a young Boy Scout (Russell), and an elderly man (Mr. Fredricksen) embarking on a journey to find \u201cParadise Falls.\u201d This movie begins with Russell coming up to Mr. Fredricksen\u2019s porch and asking if he needs any assistance. Mr. Fredricksen gets rid of Russell by sending him on the hunt for a \u201csnipe.\u201d After shutting the door on Russell, Mr. Fredricksen begins his plan to sail away in his house to find \u201cParadise Falls\u201d which was a dream of Mr. Fredricksen\u2019s deceased wife, Ellie. After beginning the journey, Mr. Fredricksen realizes that he has a stowaway, Russell. This leaves the old man no choice but to bring Russell along on this journey with him. Throughout the journey, Russell and Mr. Fredricksen meet some interesting characters, Doug and Kevin, get into a quarrel with Mr. Fredricksen\u2019s childhood hero because of Kevin (the snipe), and make memories that allow the two to form a bond of friendship. At the end of the movie, Mr. Fredricksen and Russell help Kevin get home safely and then return home themselves. Mr. Fredricksen shows up to Russell\u2019s Boy Scout ceremony and supports him, initiating the beginning of a life-long bond between the two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The movie <em>UP<\/em> shows how younger people\u2019s perspectives influence older people\u2019s perspectives of themselves through the interactions between Mr. Fredricksen and Russell. In the beginning of the movie, Mr. Fredricksen was bitter towards Russell because of his unhappiness since his wife, Ellie, has passed away. Also, Mr. Fredricksen sees his life as not having much purpose anymore since Ellie is gone. Despite Mr. Fredricksen\u2019s cruelty towards Russell, Russell is persistent in earning his badge, so he overlooks the bitterness of the old man and continues to try and help him. Towards the middle of the movie, Russell begins to change Mr. Fredricksen. Russell doesn\u2019t see Mr. Fredricksen as cruel or bitter; instead, he sees him as a kind old man that Russell wants to be friends since Russell shares information about his life with Mr. Fredricksen. This causes Mr. Fredricksen to perceive himself differently. Mr. Fredricksen begins to see himself as a father or friend to Russell (since Russell doesn\u2019t have a father figure in his life) which changes his identity into becoming a nicer person. By the end of the movie, Russell\u2019s perception of Mr. Fredricksen has changed himself into a \u201cnew man.\u201d The old man has found a new purpose in life, to become a father figure to Russell, which has changed how he perceives himself as well as his identity. Instead of being bitter towards everyone, Mr. Fredricksen has learned to see the good in people from Russell\u2019s example of constantly seeing the good in the old man. The movie <em>UP<\/em> provides a great example of how the difference in age\/maturity influences internal\/external perspectives of identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2009\/05\/17\/arts\/17murp600.jpg?year=2009&amp;h=364&amp;w=600&amp;s=ee0db2d41bfafc034dd47ea34d3b6544c41387c196cd9220145341b1ee07efd2&amp;k=ZQJBKqZ0VN&amp;tw=1\" alt=\"Designing 'Up': Rounded Boy, Meet Old Square - The New York Times\" width=\"266\" height=\"161\" \/><figcaption>Russell was kind to Mr. Fredricksen throughout the entire movie even though Mr. Fredricksen was annoyed by him.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.buzzfeed.com\/buzzfeed-static\/static\/2018-02\/10\/16\/asset\/buzzfeed-prod-fastlane-01\/sub-buzz-11118-1518299606-5.png?downsize=900:*&amp;output-format=auto&amp;output-quality=auto\" alt=\"Remember That Scene Where Ellie Dies In &quot;Up&quot;? Yeah, I Just Learned  Something That Makes It EVEN SADDER\" width=\"291\" height=\"161\" \/><figcaption>After learning about Russell and his life, Mr. Fredricksen began to see Russell as a friend and even part of his family.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sub><em>UP. <\/em>Directed by Pete Docter, performances by Ed Asner, Jordan Nagai, Christopher Plummer, and Bob Peterson. Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios, 2009.<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Identity is influenced by the internal perspective of oneself as well as others\u2019 external perspectives of someone else. When diving deeper into this concept of identity, I thought of the way that younger people perceive people\/themselves compared to the way older people perceive themselves\/others. This is how I developed the sub concept of the external\/internal&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/identity\/fall-2021\/internal-external-perceptions\/up-disney-pixar-film\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UP (Disney Pixar Film)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_sb_is_suggestion_mode":false,"_sb_show_suggestion_boards":false,"_sb_show_comment_boards":false,"_sb_suggestion_history":"","_sb_update_block_changes":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-83","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/identity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/identity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/identity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/identity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/identity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/identity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":340,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/identity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions\/340"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/identity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/identity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}