Hollywood Movies and Historical Events Analysis

This repository contains a website analyzing Hollywood movies and their connections with historical events. The website presents visualizations, plots, and insights about how films reflect or relate to social, economic, and political trends over time.

Course Context

This project was developed for the EPFL course CS-401 Applied Data Analysis.
Course page (if still hosted): https://epfl-ada.github.io/teaching/fall2024/cs401/

Link

You can explore the website here:
https://nvalsa.github.io

Data Source

The movie dataset used for the analysis comes from Carnegie Mellon University:
https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ark/personas/

Features

• Interactive plots showing trends in Hollywood films over time.
• Analysis of specific historical themes and events (e.g., wars, social movements, economic events).
• Tag and search functionality to explore movies by theme or year.

Technology

• Built using Jekyll, a static site generator.
• Uses HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for front-end visualizations.
• Plot data is precomputed and included as HTML/JSON files.

Detailed Analysis

This repository focuses on the website and its visualizations. For an in-depth description of the data processing, analysis methods, and research questions, please see the main project README:
History in Hollywood – Full Analysis

Installation / Local Development

To view the website locally, you need Ruby and Bundler installed. Then run:

gem install bundler jekyll
bundle install
bundle exec jekyll serve

The site will be available at http://localhost:4000.

Repository Structure (Simplified)

assets/      # CSS, JS, images, and plot files
_includes/   # Jekyll templates and reusable HTML snippets
_layouts/    # Jekyll page layouts
_config.yml  # Jekyll configuration
index.html   # Homepage

Optional files like _data and staticman configurations can be removed if comments or search are not needed.

License

This repository uses the MIT License.