The Oscars are the most prestigious event in the Hollywood. Each year the Academy Awards brings its own set of drama — from nominations to what happens out there on the stage. This set of maps and charts will help you understand Oscars, Hollywood, and the film industry.
1. The settings of all films that won Oscar 1929-2013
source: Geoawesomeness
2. History of the Academy Awards
source: Visual.ly
3. Movies with the most Oscar nominations
source: Statista
4. Oscar winners by age
source: ABC News
5. The Most Nominated Actors
source: Statista
6. Underground map of the best movies of all time
source: Vodkaster
7. Global film production map
source: Wikimedia
8. Top box office hits by net profit
source: Randal Olson
9. Top movies by gross domestic ticket sales and budget
source: Bloomberg
10. Countries sized by relative share of worldwide box office revenue
source: McKinsey
11. China Becomes Second Largest Movie Market
source: Statista
12. The Decline of the Box Office
source: AoL
13. VoD on the rise
source: Statista
14. The economics of Hollywood
source: Visual.ly
14. Anatomy Of A Hollywood Car Chase
source: 800 Loan Mart
15. Arnold Schwarzenegger Kill Count
source: IMDB
16. Liam Neeson Kill Map
source: Collider
17. Jason Statham Kickass Count
source: Visual.ly
18. Bollywood vs. Hollywood
source: Visual.ly
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The last weekend of February means that it’s the Oscar Sunday. For GeoGeeks movies are not only about the suspense and story line but also about geographies. The map created by Victor van Werkhooven, Dutch photographer and designer, shows the settings of all of the films that won Best Picture at the Academy Awards between 1929, the year the Oscar was first awarded, and 2013. The author comments on how to identify the main location of the movie:
“What constitutes the “main” location of a film is very much arbitrary, and is based on either personal viewing experience or whatever IMDb or Wikipedia claims. If 60% or more of a film is set in one area, that’s the area that gets the label. If no area can claim that amount of screen time, I’m going for whichever area has the most significant impact on the plot, or is the one most people will remember the film for (again: very much arbitrary).”
What is clear looking at the map is that Academy Awards are extremely biased towards the USA and Europe. No Best Picture Oscar has been ever given to a movie made in South America and Australia. On the other hand New York is the city with definitely most of the winning films.
Enjoy the Oscar ceremony tonight!
