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This is for a course on Information Graphics that I'm doing right now. The brief of the assignment was to create an info-visual that analyses the relationship between the characters of Francoise Truffaut's film Jules et Jim.

THIS [link] is some of the stuff that was done last year for Memento.

I could not bring myself to do any of the above things. It's a film, and analysing it this way seemed to kill it. A film deals with people, and people with emotions. Emotions are not something that ought to be represented as a statistic. Nothing helps one understand a character better, than what they say/do in the film. I've used some dialogues and narrations from the film, which I feel are important to the narrative.

*This one is flawed in many many ways. Honestly the only thing I'm proud of are the portraits of the characters.
*The upside down text between Jules and Jim is a bitch to read, I know.
*For those of you who will view it full size, you're going to have a fun time scrolling. Sorry, it's meant to be A2, I don't have a say in that matter.
*The timeline at the bottom is a worse than lousy attempt at adding "layers" of information.

Go ahead, kill it.
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~grafficjam Feb 1, 2009
i was going to say a few things, but it looks like you already raised everything in your comments. i agree, analyzing a film this way is just wrong. i love infographics and love edward tufte's books and all that...but to analyze a film.....

i apologize, i was too lazy to scroll.... thougi think it was a great attempt and i liked the hourglasses...
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~sayerhs Feb 2, 2009
:) I want to change a few things in it though. I'm going to use the weights of the text in the dialogue to add "another layer of information". The bolder the text the stronger the rlationship, the lighter the weaker..does that make sense semiotically?

I have to figure a better way to integrate the hour glass part of it. And fix the upside down text. Will upload the changed version in a few weeks, once I get my final project for this sem out of the way.
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~grafficjam Feb 2, 2009
sorry to be dissecting so much and being so critical, but it also wasn't obvious enough who jim is and who jules is...
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~sayerhs Feb 3, 2009
ah yesyes, i noticed the scrawly lines issue as well. Used Illustrator only, did a type on path (duh). Please tell me how to fix it! I'm so perfectly capable of overlooking a simple way and doing something long and complicated.

and point noted, I should probably name the characters, it would be obvious only for someone who's seen the film.

I was doing this one semi-clandestinely in my room till 4am, since my roommate sleeps quite early.
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~grafficjam Feb 5, 2009
Since you've already done it, its only a matter of adjusting. Select the type (already fitted to path) and go to Type>Type on a path> Type on a path Options. When the dialog box appears check ';preview' and then check 'flip'. You can adjust it from there as you like...There are some other fun options too. :)
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~grafficjam Feb 2, 2009
yeah i def think that makes sense semiotically- after all its basic, simple visual contrast. i don't know what software u used to enter in the type but if ur using illustrator i do know how to fix the upside down text...

i also had an issue with the fact that some of the lines of the scrawly circle go over the text, kind of canceling it out. you know what i mean?
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