Movie Characters Dynamics

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Key Takeaways

  • Clustering of film characters based on latent characteristics referred to as "personas"
  • Investigated the relationship between personas, gender and film genre
  • Created networks that map out how characters interact within each movie's storyline
  • Analyzed how characters of different genders and roles (main vs. supporting) interact across a wide range of movies
  • The project was done in team with Yanzi Liu, Ke Li, Mehdi Elbouari and Jiaming Jaing for the course "Applied Data Analysis" of the professor Bob West.

    Ciao

    Interactive plot of the Hunger Games characters network

    MaleFemale

    Verb clustering of gender interactions

    MainSide

    Verb clustering between main and side characters

    Team: Davide Romano, Yanzi Liu, Ke Li, Mehdi Elbouari and Jiaming Jaing

    Author: Davide Romano