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MZ Simple Scatter Plot

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Last edited Oct 25, 2024
Created on Sep 19, 2024

Dataset Overview: The 16k Movies Dataset contains information on 9,000 movies, covering a range of attributes related to the movie's release, ratings, and key production personnel. This dataset is ideal for exploring trends in movie ratings, the influence of directors and writers on film reception, and the relationship between runtime and viewer engagement.

Scatter Plot: Movie Ratings by Release Date

This scatter plot visualizes movie ratings (Y-axis) against their release dates (X-axis), providing an overview of how movie ratings have evolved over time.

Key Features:

  1. X-Axis (Release Date):
    The X-axis represents the release date of each movie. Using a scaleTime for this axis allows for a chronological view of movie ratings from older films to more recent releases.

  2. Y-Axis (Rating):
    The Y-axis represents the movie's average rating on a numerical scale. Higher-rated movies appear towards the top, and lower-rated movies towards the bottom.

  3. Data Points (Movies):
    Each point represents a movie, positioned based on its release date (X) and its rating (Y). This visualization makes it easy to compare individual movies' ratings across different time periods.

Insights:

  • Trends Over Time:
    It is possible to observe how movie ratings have changed over the years, potentially identifying periods where movie ratings were consistently higher or lower.

  • Outliers:
    Movies with exceptionally high or low ratings for their time period can easily be identified as outliers in the plot.

  • Clusters:
    Clusters of points may indicate periods with a large number of highly-rated or poorly-rated films.

This scatter plot effectively shows temporal trends in movie ratings, offering a clear comparison of ratings across different eras of cinema.

Dataset Breakdown:

Title: The title of the movie. Release Date: The date when the movie was released. Description: A brief summary of the movie. Rating: The movie’s average user rating. No of Persons Voted: Number of people who voted to determine the movie’s rating. Directed by: The director(s) of the movie. Written by: The writer(s) of the movie. Duration: The movie’s runtime in hours and minutes. Genres: The genres associated with the movie, such as Drama, Mystery, or Romance. Link to the original source:https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/kashifsahil/16000-movies-1910-2024-metacritic

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