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.
