Step 3: Film Galaxies – First Working Version!


Here is the first, extremely buggy version of the movie visualization project I have been working on.

Actor – Movie Visualizer

You can click and drag to move around, scroll the mouse wheel to zoom in, and click on an actor to see his/her worst and best reviewed movies, biggest blockbuster, biggest flop, and most cult-ish movie.  The Cult-ishness is calculated by looking at the difference in scores between users and critics.

KEY:

  • 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.
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