Comments on: The Movie Money Landscape http://dd.dynamicdiagrams.com/2008/02/the-movie-money-landscape/ Dynamic Diagrams' take on the world of visual explanation, information architecture, design, and technology Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:41:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Kirsten Robinson http://dd.dynamicdiagrams.com/2008/02/the-movie-money-landscape/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Kirsten Robinson Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:41:47 +0000 http://dd.dynamicdiagrams.com/?p=450#comment-64 I like this visual, but I'd love to see some additional data on the movie's critical success - perhaps a star rating or number of awards in the info box that pops up when you click on the movie. I like this visual, but I’d love to see some additional data on the movie’s critical success – perhaps a star rating or number of awards in the info box that pops up when you click on the movie.

]]> By: Henry Woodbury http://dd.dynamicdiagrams.com/2008/02/the-movie-money-landscape/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Henry Woodbury Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:02:32 +0000 http://dd.dynamicdiagrams.com/?p=450#comment-63 tomp, you are right to cast doubt on my "doubles" statement. I was assuming each movie's "hill" of data was based on a zero point and that the data sets overlapped each other, but rereading the key, the data sets actually appear to be stacked. A possible advantage in using both sides of the axis would be that it doubles the number of visual "peaks" that invite comparison, but the more I think about this, the less I like it. First, the double peak approach makes comparing seasonal and yearly totals much more difficult. It is also easy to overlook interesting data sets that snake through the middle of the chart. Check out the IMAX movie <em>Mysteries of Egypt</em> or the 1997 release <em>Elizabeth</em>, for example. tomp, you are right to cast doubt on my “doubles” statement. I was assuming each movie’s “hill” of data was based on a zero point and that the data sets overlapped each other, but rereading the key, the data sets actually appear to be stacked.

A possible advantage in using both sides of the axis would be that it doubles the number of visual “peaks” that invite comparison, but the more I think about this, the less I like it. First, the double peak approach makes comparing seasonal and yearly totals much more difficult. It is also easy to overlook interesting data sets that snake through the middle of the chart. Check out the IMAX movie Mysteries of Egypt or the 1997 release Elizabeth, for example.

]]> By: tomp http://dd.dynamicdiagrams.com/2008/02/the-movie-money-landscape/comment-page-1/#comment-62 tomp Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:38:17 +0000 http://dd.dynamicdiagrams.com/?p=450#comment-62 ... your thumbnail image is a nice addition is what I meant to say :) … your thumbnail image is a nice addition is what I meant to say :)

]]> By: tomp http://dd.dynamicdiagrams.com/2008/02/the-movie-money-landscape/comment-page-1/#comment-61 tomp Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:37:12 +0000 http://dd.dynamicdiagrams.com/?p=450#comment-61 Hi, I'm unclear as to how using both sides of the axis "doubles the amount of data it can show". It seems to me that using both sides of the axis is a purely aesthetic decision and even makes comparisons over time between totals harder to appreciate eg. at what point is the total revenue of the "mummy returns" peak the same as than that at the start of the "shrek" curve which immediately follows it ? Nevertheless its an interesting and compelling graphics your thumb. Hi, I’m unclear as to how using both sides of the axis “doubles the amount of data it can show”. It seems to me that using both sides of the axis is a purely aesthetic decision and even makes comparisons over time between totals harder to appreciate eg. at what point is the total revenue of the “mummy returns” peak the same as than that at the start of the “shrek” curve which immediately follows it ? Nevertheless its an interesting and compelling graphics your thumb.

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