Riley's First Date?

Riley's First Date?
Directed by Josh Cooley
Produced by Mark Nielsen
Written by Josh Cooley
Starring Amy Poehler
Phyllis Smith
Bill Hader
Lewis Black
Mindy Kaling
Kaitlyn Dias
Diane Lane
Kyle MacLachlan
Music by Michael Giacchino
Edited by Jason Brodkey
Production
company
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios
Home Entertainment
Release dates
  • November 3, 2015 (2015-11-03)

(with Inside Out Blu-ray)

Running time
 4 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Riley's First Date? is a 2015 Pixar computer animated short directed by Josh Cooley. It was attached to the home media release of Inside Out. The short involves Riley's parents and their emotions suspecting that Riley is going on a date with a boy named Jordan.

Plot

Riley, now 12, is relaxing with her parents at home when a school friend, a boy named Jordan (seen briefly at the end of the film), shows up to take her skating. Riley's parents suspect their daughter is going out on a date, and their emotions react. Riley's mother attempts to get the information out of her by attempting to sound cool and using slang terms, much to Riley's chagrin. Riley's father tries to intimidate and interrogate Jordan. When Jordan mentions he plays in a band, Riley's father recalls his own memories of being in a band, and the two begin to bond over their shared love of AC/DC. Riley and her mother come downstairs to see her father and Jordan playing air guitar to AC/DC's "Back in Black", causing much embarrassment for Riley. Riley quickly rushes Jordan out the door as her parents watch, concluding that Jordan is a "good kid" and feeling nostalgic about their own love. The short ends with Riley's parents sharing a kiss causing Riley's Dad's emotional center to erupt in excitement and celebration once again to AC/DC's Back in Black.

Voice cast

Production

If this kid just shows up and dad has no idea who he is, your mind goes crazy. 'Who is this person? What are they doing here?' Already the voices in your head are talking.

Josh Cooley summing up how the plot was created, [1]

During the final year of Inside Out's production, Pixar got together to discuss a short based on the film.[2] According to Josh Cooley, "We had so much fun with the boy at the end of the movie that I wanted to put them in a situation and see what would happen there. I treated Riley’s First Date? as if you were just watching more of Inside Out."[3]

Given most of Pixar's crew are fathers with daughters, and that editor Jason Brodkey stated at the meeting that "Just wait until the first boy shows up", the plot was then developed into how Riley’s parents would react to the boy, now named Jordan.[1] Cooley started off from a personal anecdote, as the first time he met his father-in-law, "he was a little standoffish" until Cooley told he was in a band, and both started to connect as the father-in-law played drums.[4] Jordan's emotional immaturity was played for comedy and also in how “boys are behind. It felt right to have him be catching up, to have his mind act like a kid does.” Riley's First Date? was done in about 10 months, employing the same character models and scenery from the feature, to the point the same camera shot is used in the take where Mother's head is visited.[1] While exploring various song choices, the producers eventually settled on AC/DC,[5] which Cooley considered a band that connected generations: "I went to their concert and there was a 7-year-old in front of me and an 80-year-old behind me".[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Things Riley’s First Date? Reveals About Pixar
  2. ↑ RILEY'S FIRST DATE: Josh Cooley & Mark Nielsen
  3. ↑ McKittrick, Christopher (February 16, 2016). ""Is this the best story we can tell?" – Inside Out". Creative Screenwriting. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Immersed in Movies: Talking the Adult Appeal of Pixar's 'Inside Out'
  5. ↑ Pixar team explains the rockin' music choices in 'Riley's First Date?’

External links

Preceded by
Sanjay's Super Team		 Pixar Animation Studios short films
2015 		Succeeded by
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