Film Dialogue

from 2000 Screenplays broken down by Age and Gender

Introduction to the piece:

Hollywood is the biggest and oldest Film industry on this planet making more then dozens of movies each year casting actors from all genders and races to bring scripts to life on the big screens. Even for Hollywood it’s hard to avoid the claims of gender or age bias or being accused of racism in there casting. This is way it’s important to do a data driven analysis of this claims and then go from there, this is what authors of this article aims to do.

Fun Fact: The first film completed in Hollywood was 1908's The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo (Short 1908) - IMDb

Let’s explore how this study came to life,

Created by : **HANAH ANDERSON and MATT DANIELS**

Publishing Date: April 2016

About the two authors:

1. Hanah Anderson:

   • She’s based in Berlin Germany.

   • Did her graduation in Computer Science from University of Manchester.

   • Currently working as a Software Engineer with the Soundtrack.

   • As of now she has two publications under her belt, both of them came up around same time.

     https://pudding.cool/2017/03/film-dialogue/

     https://pudding.cool/2017/08/screen-direction/

   • Also she’s an artist and by taking a look at her Instagram account, her love for entertainment industry is real.

   

2. Matt Daniels:

   • He’s based in NYC, US.
   • Completed his studies in Strategy, Marketing and Philosophy from the University of Michigan.
   • He is working at The Pudding as a Journalist Engineer(described in his own words 😅)
   • He’s has written several engaging stories for publications like The Washington Post, Pudding and many more. Sorry Can’t link all of his writings here, but here’s a link to his notion page[Matt Daniels ].

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Where did data come from?

The creators of this story embarked on an extensive project, scouring through a vast collection of over 8000 Hollywood film scripts. With diligence and attention to detail, they meticulously matched each script to the corresponding actors and actresses who brought the story to life on the big screen. After this exhaustive effort, they were left with a pool of 2000 screenplays, all set and ready to be subjected to further analysis.

From my research about this article I found out that all of this data comes from a variety of different sources. The publisher have written a small article, giving all the details of their data sources.