PROTOTYPE- Data Visualizations

Since the proposal, things have changed. Not with the data set or the direction of the piece but in regards to the visualization, quite a few changes have been made.

To do the program using processing analyzing the data from imdb was proving not only to be difficult, but realistically was allowing far too much of a chance aspect. The visualization was starting to become more and more appealing to me and I really like the direction of the project and with the limited knowledge I have in processing, it would have been hard to create a piece in the time that is left that I was truly happy with. Really, I wanted to have control of the data set and the visualization rather than let processing do the work for me. With this said I have decided to make eight individual prints. The layout of each print would be identical in the center a visual hybrid of animal and man, the actor and whatever animals would be representative of violent of sexual keywords that were attributed to their acting career. For example the keyword murder would be visually represented with a part of an octopus's body. The color of that body part would be determined by the number of movies in that actors career that contained murder as a descriptive keyword. I will now visualize the piece as a stenciled print. I will be able to control body parts, colors and layout this way. A long the right side of each print would be a legend.



Statement-A visual representation of each actors career, with a legend that allows you to decipher the tone and direction of their career based on a hybrid visualization. With a specific categorization and scale system for the frequency or intensity of each sting of data.

Violent and Sexual Searchable Keywords

GORE
MURDER
BLOOD
DEATH
FEMALE-NUDITY
VIOLENCE
VULGARITY
SEX

Animals to show Primal Characteristics

OCTOPUS
SHARK
TIGER
EAGLE
CROCODILE
SCORPION
CENTIPEDE
SNAKE

The only problem being, how do I make direct connections between the keyword and the assigned animal? Why does an octopus represent murder and so on?

Actors predominately in Sexual/Violent Cinema
Viggo Mortensen
Dennis Hopper
Samuel L Jackson
Sylvester Stallone
Holly Hunter
Jodi Foster
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jamie Lee Curtis

Intensity Based on color scale




EXAMPLE-->
Jamie Lee Curtis- Keywords

Murder-13

1.Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) [Actress]
2.Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981) (TV) [Actress]
3.Escape from New York (1981) [Actress]
4.Roadgames (1981) [Actress]
5.Terror Train (1980) [Actress]
6.Prom Night (1980) [Actress]
7.The Fog (1980) [Actress]
8.Halloween (1978) [Actress]
9.Columbo: Try and Catch Me (1977) (TV) [Actress]
10.Columbo: The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case (1977) (TV) [Actress]
11.Murder at the World Series (1977) (TV) [dialogue coach]
12."Quincy M.E." [Actress]
13.Columbo: Forgotten Lady (1975) (TV) [Actress]

Death-10

1.The Tailor of Panama (2001) [Actress]
2.Virus (1999) [Actress]
3.Fierce Creatures (1997) [Actress]
4.My Girl 2 (1994) [Actress]
5.My Girl (1991) [Actress]
6.Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981) (TV) [Actress]
7.Halloween II (1981) [Actress]
8.Roadgames (1981) [Actress]
9.Terror Train (1980) [Actress]
10.Halloween (1978) [Actress]


Female-Nudity-7

1.Halloween: Resurrection (2002) [Actress]
2.The Tailor of Panama (2001) [Actress]
3.Un homme amoureux (1987) [Actress]
4.Perfect (1985) [Actress]
5.Halloween II (1981) [Actress]
6.Prom Night (1980) [Actress]
7.Halloween (1978) [Actress]

Gore-3

1.Virus (1999) [Actress]
2.Halloween II (1981) [Actress]
3.Terror Train (1980) [Actress]

Violence-5

1.The Tailor of Panama (2001) [Actress]
2.True Lies (1994) [Actress]
3.Halloween II (1981) [Actress]
... aka Halloween II: The Nightmare Isn't Over! (USA: video box title)
4.Prom Night (1980) [Actress]
5.Halloween (1978) [Actress]


Vulgarity-1

1.Trading Places (1983) [Actress]

Blood-5

1.The Tailor of Panama (2001) [Actress]
2.Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) [Actress]
3.Halloween II (1981) [Actress]
4.Terror Train (1980) [Actress]
5.Prom Night (1980) [Actress]

Sex-6

1.The Tailor of Panama (2001) [Actress]
2.A Fish Called Wanda (1988) [Actress]
3.Un homme amoureux (1987) [Actress]
4.Halloween II (1981) [Actress]
5.Prom Night (1980) [Actress]
6.Halloween (1978) [Actress]