I analysed the educational histories of 682 directors behind 1,250 top-grossing films since 2000 to reveal how many actually went to film school| StephenFollows.com - Using data to explain the film industry
I gathered data on 2,000 of the most famous actors to track just how concentrated agency power is.| StephenFollows.com - Using data to explain the film industry
I write a lot of about feature films and so I often have to pick between using ‘film’ or movie’.| StephenFollows.com - Using data to explain the film industry
I analysed 70 years of Sight & Sound poll data to see which once-celebrated classics are now slipping down the canon of ‘greatest films of all time’.| stephenfollows.com
I analysed 58,687 movie posters from the past century to see which colours dominate, how their use has shifted over time and what each hue signals to audiences.| StephenFollows.com - Using data to explain the film industry
Very few movies don’t contain some kind of moral message designed to show us a better path, a better way of living, or to teach us how to be better people.| StephenFollows.com - Using data to explain the film industry
I suspect many people share a gripe I have about movie posters.| StephenFollows.com - Using data to explain the film industry
Some films gain power from creative constraint and lose their impact when their budgets increase.| StephenFollows.com - Using data to explain the film industry
A reader asked if it’s true there are no superhero films for six months.| StephenFollows.com - Using data to explain the film industry
Some films make strong returns even when critics give them a kicking.| stephenfollows.com
Attending a film festival is an exciting experience.| stephenfollows.com
After years of surveys and conversations with filmmakers, producers, and festival directors, here are the 20 things people consistently say make a festival trip worth the time and money.| stephenfollows.com
The company controls usages of the phrases "Strong black lead”, “What a Joke”, “Queue” and “Cheat”, but not "Netflix and Chill".| StephenFollows.com - Using data to explain the film industry
Crunching the data on 11,560 movie release date announcements to see what’s normal.| StephenFollows.com - Using data to explain the film industry
Cancellations used to mean disaster on set but in the topsy-turvy world of Hollywood economics they now happen in boardrooms.| StephenFollows.com - Using data to explain the film industry
I gathered data on the dates of the top 50 film festivals over the past 25 years to discover when is the busiest. And it was not what I expected.| stephenfollows.com
I analysed 6,926 trailers from 4,004 top-grossing films to find out if modern trailers really are too long or if I’m just getting old.| StephenFollows.com - Using data to explain the film industry
I studied the plots of 26,710 movies to look at where plot twists work, where they don’t, and why genre matters.| stephenfollows.com
The unvarnished truth from 246 cinema executives working on the front line of moviegoing. This is exactly what the exhibition sector wants from both studios and independent filmmakers.| stephenfollows.com
Last Friday I was in Munich to speak at the Creators Conference as part of the Munich Film Festival. It was a really fun project as the organisers gave me complete freedom to study any aspect of the German film industry I liked. They said:| stephenfollows.com
We asked 246 cinema owners and exhibition-affiliated professionals about the future of moviegoing and what younger audiences are demanding from the big screen experience| StephenFollows.com - Using data to explain the film industry
When I was starting out in film, I always heard the head of the camera department being referred to as either "DoP" (pronounced dee-oh-pea) or "DP" (pronounced dee-pea), both of which are short for director of photography. As I met more filmmakers, I learned that the same role is often called the cinematographer (pronounced... well, the way it's written).| stephenfollows.com
I really must impress upon you just how much this article will ruin a bunch of movies for you. Seriously. This article reveals the endings of 59 excellently crafted movies. I can’t even give you a trigger warning as to which ones as to do so spoils that they have a twist.| stephenfollows.com
Cinema operators and industry insiders reflect on the state of theatrical recovery, revealing cost-cutting, programming shifts, and ongoing uncertainty about the future.| stephenfollows.com
I looked at admissions data from over 30 countries to see who’s back at the cinema and who’s still missing. The answers say more about national culture and policy than just COVID.| stephenfollows.com
What 246 cinema professionals think about the state of theatrical exhibition, what's going wrong, and who's to blame.| stephenfollows.com
I crunched the data behind the state of "non-American" Hollywood movies, and considered how any system of American tariffs might work.| stephenfollows.com
It feels like every sports film ends the same way. But do they? I crunched the numbers of 1,910 sports movies to find out more about them.| stephenfollows.com