Data Story

The Press Kit

A dossier stack of rosters: companies as folders, clients as tear sheets, credits as clippings.

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Dataset scope

1909

companies

5442

clients

countries

Clippings

sample films

This story treats rosters like press kits: every client is a sheet, every credit a clipping. It’s a structural view, not a biography.

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Hypothesis

Representation rosters cluster by profession mix and star-meter temperature, shaping which careers get repeated opportunities.

Question: Do company rosters differ systematically in profession mix and star-meter distribution?

Method: Group clients by company and summarize profession diversity and star-meter statistics.

Prediction: Some rosters skew toward specific professions and “hotter” star-meter ranges.

Test: Compare company-level distributions and inspect top outliers by specialization.

Narrative Arc

Act I

Companies appear as folders with stamped types and countries.

Act II

Clients spill out as sheets: profession stamps, star-meter ink, identity in a stack.

Act III

Hover reveals clippings — small sample film sets that hint at what the roster “touches”.

Datasets

Limitations

Roster data is incomplete and scraped; coverage differs by era and industry segment.
Star-meter is a proxy and can shift after release.
Sample film clippings are partial and biased toward available credits.

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