Data Story
The Buddy Montage
A tactile filmstrip of repeat collaborations: duos recur, and their shared reel becomes a signature.
filmimdbtmdbcollaborationpartnersnetwork
Dataset scope
3426
events1389
people1934–2024
yearsPairs
typesRepeat partnerships form creative signatures. This story doesn’t judge outcomes — it reveals patterns and lets you browse the duos.
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Hypothesis
Repeat partnerships correlate with more award wins and higher audience response than one-off pairings.
Question: Do repeat partnerships correlate with higher awards or audience metrics?
Method: Aggregate collaborations by pair type and compare awards/popularity across collab-count bins.
Prediction: High-repeat pairs cluster toward higher awards and vote counts.
Test: Compare distributions across bins and inspect top pairs by type.
Narrative Arc
Act I
Pairs appear like recurring co-stars in a montage.
Act II
The reel expands as repeats stack; the duo’s shared years become a pattern.
Act III
Awards glow on the strip — repeat signatures surface as bright, dense runs.
Datasets
- imdb.film_crew
- imdb.film_cast
- imdb.people
- tmdb.movies
- 21_buddy_montage.json
Limitations
- Pair types are incomplete and depend on scraped credits.
- Collaboration count is a proxy for a working relationship, not authorship.
- Award wins are not a universal quality measure.