CINEMETRICS (2011)

Frederic Brodbeck (Germany)

Cinemetrics is a project about gathering and visualizing video data, in order to reveal the visual characteristics of films and to create a “fingerprint” for them. Information such as the editing structure, color and motion are extracted, analyzed and transformed into animated graphical representations, so that movies can be seen as a whole, and compared side by side. Since motion pictures are a time-based medium, they can only be seen one image at a time – that’s why it’s challenging to capture and display them in their entirety. With its graphical fingerprints, Cinemetrics allows you to put two or more movies next to each other and immediately see the similarities and / or differences, for instance: original vs. remake; movies of the same genre / series; different epochs of film-making; movies by one particular director.

Frederic Brodbeck studied graphic design in Germany and the Netherlands. He currently works as designer and creative coder in The Hague.

http://cinemetrics.fredericbrodbeck.de/