scriptedlife » projects http://scriptedlife.com The online home of A. Hattemer Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:58:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Step 2: Still Frames of Movie Data Visualization http://scriptedlife.com/step-2-still-frames-of-movie-data-visualization http://scriptedlife.com/step-2-still-frames-of-movie-data-visualization#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:18:46 +0000 admin http://scriptedlife.com/?p=98 More progress on the movie visualization project, here are some still frames from the “Movie Galaxy” graph. Read the key at the bottom for explanation.

Actors:

Directors:

Writers:

These “galaxies” chart a number of statistics for each of the most prolific Actors, Writers, and Directors in Hollywood.

  • Size of the Cube = Number of Film’s Where the person has had a pivotal role (director/writer/main actor) Samuel L. Jackson and Robert DeNiro are both Hulking Giants, with ~40 movies under their belts
  • Color of the Cube = Monetization value of the person (the greener the cube, the more green their movies make on average) Look at how Green Sam Raimi is in the directors image, thats cause Spideyman makes the big bucks
  • Height of the Cube = Average Critic’s score of all movies this person has been credited with. Phillip Seymour Hoffman is practically in the stratosphere compared to other actors.
  • Distance of Cube from central Axis = This is a tough one, Amount of disagreement between Critics and casual reviewers. Critics seem to hate Christopher Walken’s movies, but the people give him love, thats why he’s so far towards the edge.
  • Length and Direction of Arrow = Direction and amount of disagreement between critics and casual reviewers. Usually casual reviewers are nicer, but that niceness cant overpower critics’ love for Richard Linklater, of ‘Waking Life’ Fame.

Stay tuned… More (including interactive graphs!!) to come soon.

]]> http://scriptedlife.com/step-2-still-frames-of-movie-data-visualization/feed 0 Beginnings of a new Project: Movie Data Analysis http://scriptedlife.com/beginnings-of-a-new-project-movie-data-analysis http://scriptedlife.com/beginnings-of-a-new-project-movie-data-analysis#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:35:24 +0000 admin http://scriptedlife.com/?p=111
Recently I have been working on a fun personal project.  I am gathering an incredible amount of data on Movies, especially relating to how they are reviewed by Critics, how they are reviewed by Users, and how well they end up doing, among other things.

I just finished gathering a huge amount of data around ~4500 mainstream movies, and already am having some fun with it.

For Example: Guess which actor has appeared in at least 5 movies that average a whopping 87.4 out of 100 in all reviews by all newspapers and publications?

This Guy:

John Ratzenberger

John Ratzenberger

From Wikipedia:

He is perhaps best known for his role as Clifford C. ‘Cliff’ Clavin, Jr. in the classic sitcom Cheers (1982) and appearing in all Pixar feature length films.

And even more interestingly:

All of Pixar‘s feature films include Ratzenberger, who has become something of a “good luck charm” to the studio (and, according to Andrew Stanton, Pixar actually has a rule stating that Ratzenberger must be in all Pixar films).

Pixar got that right, this guy’s movies average a whopping 32.4 points above the global average.

Guess who the next highest reviewed Actor is? Here is a hint: He was a long time friend of Al Pacino, and only starred in 5 Feature Films.

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