Dear Sir or Madam.
For my university dissertation I am attempting to look at the effect of age on the Film Canon.
My dissertation will look into the affect of age on the choice of greatest films. When comparing your list with lists such as Rotten Tomatos greatest films and Sight and Sounds Greatest Movies of all Time, there is a big difference in what is considered the best film.
With most things, this type of list is largely subjective, but I am trying to ascertain as to whether age may be a factor.
I am contacting you today as I am trying to see if it would be possible to gain insight into the demographic of people that have voted for your top list.
I am not looking for names; for obvious data protection laws, but merely just the ages of those that voted and what they voted for. This information would allow me to show how age may be a factor in the deciding of a greatest film ever made.
Any help that you may be able to give me would be greatly appreciated. I realise this is a heavy request to ask, but hope that it may be possible.
In its simplest form if you could give me a tally of the ages that voted that would also be just as helpful.
I thank you for your time, and look forward to hearing from you.
As with many things in life, my dissertation has a deadline and if this isn't possible any response either way would be appreciated as I can still use it as evidence in my dissertation. Thank you
For my university dissertation I am attempting to look at the effect of age on the Film Canon.
My dissertation will look into the affect of age on the choice of greatest films. When comparing your list with lists such as Rotten Tomatos greatest films and Sight and Sounds Greatest Movies of all Time, there is a big difference in what is considered the best film.
With most things, this type of list is largely subjective, but I am trying to ascertain as to whether age may be a factor.
I am contacting you today as I am trying to see if it would be possible to gain insight into the demographic of people that have voted for your top list.
I am not looking for names; for obvious data protection laws, but merely just the ages of those that voted and what they voted for. This information would allow me to show how age may be a factor in the deciding of a greatest film ever made.
Any help that you may be able to give me would be greatly appreciated. I realise this is a heavy request to ask, but hope that it may be possible.
In its simplest form if you could give me a tally of the ages that voted that would also be just as helpful.
I thank you for your time, and look forward to hearing from you.
As with many things in life, my dissertation has a deadline and if this isn't possible any response either way would be appreciated as I can still use it as evidence in my dissertation. Thank you
Posted 5 years ago
Dan Dassow, Champion
Hi Lewis Logan,
I recommend that you contact IMDb's Licensing department.
http://www.imdb.com/conditions
http://www.imdb.com/licensing/?ref_=cou_2
http://www.imdb.com/helpdesk/contact_form
The "Content Subscription Service Terms and Conditions" is too lengthy to quote here.
http://www.imdb.com/licensing/subservicetc
I've investigated the effect age and gender demographics on film preferences. Anecdotally, people tend to favor films they viewed during the ages of 14 to 30.
The voting demographics for each film is available. For instance, the user ratings for Interstellar (2014) is on this page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692/ratings
Note: The following is a screen capture that I made a few weeks ago.
You can get to the ratings page for any title by expanding "Quick Links" and clicking on User Ratings.
I compiled the ratings for the IMDb Top 250 two years ago.
This is a summary of the correlations:
If you send me a PM, I can provide more details.
www.imdb.com/user/ur0127678/
I recommend that you contact IMDb's Licensing department.
http://www.imdb.com/conditions
...Content Licensing
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...
http://www.imdb.com/licensing/?ref_=cou_2
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Please see our Content Subscription Service Terms and Conditions.
http://www.imdb.com/helpdesk/contact_form
The "Content Subscription Service Terms and Conditions" is too lengthy to quote here.
http://www.imdb.com/licensing/subservicetc
I've investigated the effect age and gender demographics on film preferences. Anecdotally, people tend to favor films they viewed during the ages of 14 to 30.
The voting demographics for each film is available. For instance, the user ratings for Interstellar (2014) is on this page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692/ratings
Note: The following is a screen capture that I made a few weeks ago.
You can get to the ratings page for any title by expanding "Quick Links" and clicking on User Ratings.
I compiled the ratings for the IMDb Top 250 two years ago.
This is a summary of the correlations:
If you send me a PM, I can provide more details.
www.imdb.com/user/ur0127678/
(Edited)
LuvsToResearch, Champion
While there are interesting statistics here I would caution you to include the fact that the demographic is not necessarily an accurate one in terms scientific method. The demographics on IMDb are self proclaimed and not verified in any way. I could register as an 18 year old male if I so choose, so there is no way of knowing how accurate, or inaccurate, the demographics truly are.
Dan Dassow, Champion
Thanks
LuvsToResearch,
I generally mention that IMDb has no way to verify demographic information of users.
I generally mention that IMDb has no way to verify demographic information of users.
I have just seen that IMDB allows you to see top 250 films by gender but not by age.
I found this site:
http://you-deserve-this.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/imdb-top-250-deconstructed-part-ii.html
And on here I can see results by age, but only dating 2012.
Has IMDB since removed this feature?
I found this site:
http://you-deserve-this.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/imdb-top-250-deconstructed-part-ii.html
And on here I can see results by age, but only dating 2012.
Has IMDB since removed this feature?
Dan Dassow, Champion
To my knowledge, IMDb never provided a Top 250 by age demographic.
It is possible to construct this yourself by collecting the user rating page for all of the films in the Top 250. I did this two years ago to satisfy personal curiosity and it is tedious to do.
For instance, these are the top ten films for the 45+ age demographic.
It is possible to construct this yourself by collecting the user rating page for all of the films in the Top 250. I did this two years ago to satisfy personal curiosity and it is tedious to do.
For instance, these are the top ten films for the 45+ age demographic.
Top
250
Rank Title
1 The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
3 The Godfather: Part II (1974)
13 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
27 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
41 North by Northwest (1959)How did you come to the conclusion that The Godfather was rated highest by people aged 45+?
IMDB seems to show them voting this film as a 9.1. This seems like an infinitely tedious task. How can you be sure no other film on IMDB was rated higher?
IMDB seems to show them voting this film as a 9.1. This seems like an infinitely tedious task. How can you be sure no other film on IMDB was rated higher?
Dan Dassow, Champion
I did state that this would be tedious. It's also probably not practical beyond a certain number of films.
Since I only looked at the IMDb Top 250, it is possible there were other films that people 45+ would have rated higher. However, the IMDb Top 250 is a good starting point and you could progressively expand to the IMDb Top 1000 and other highly ranked films.
Since I only looked at the IMDb Top 250, it is possible there were other films that people 45+ would have rated higher. However, the IMDb Top 250 is a good starting point and you could progressively expand to the IMDb Top 1000 and other highly ranked films.
Well I best get a few cups of tea going
This answer got me interested. I now understand how I can find imdb top1000 and even imdb top2000 if I want.
I've known about the advanced searches, but didn't check it out well enough!
Thanks, Dan Dasson. You deserve you cup!
I've known about the advanced searches, but didn't check it out well enough!
Thanks, Dan Dasson. You deserve you cup!
Dan Dassow, Champion
Hi OJT,
IMDb's Advanced Title Search should allow you to find the titles of films you wish to find.
Here is a link for the "Top 1000" Titles.
Highest Rated IMDb "Top 1000" Titles
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?count=250&groups=top_1000&sort=user_rating,desc&view=si...
This search 5,294 titles of the highest rated titles with at least 5,000 votes.
Highest Rated Feature Films With User Rating Between 6.4 And 10 and At Least 5,000 Votes
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?count=250&num_votes=5000,&sort=user_rating,desc&title_t...
Setting a minimum threshold of votes excludes highly rated titles with very few votes. For instance, the following search finds 68,455 titles.
Highest Rated Feature Films With User Rating Between 6.4 And 10
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?count=250&sort=user_rating,desc&title_type=feature&user...
I've included an image of the Advanced Title Search page for your reference.
For:
Highest Rated IMDb "Top 1000" Titles
1. Under Title Groups select IMDb "Top 1000"
2. Under Display Options select Compact, 250 per page and sorted by "User Ratings Descending".
3. Click the yellow Search button.
For:
Highest Rated Feature Films With User Rating Between 6.4 And 10 and At Least 5,000 Votes
1. Under Title Type select Feature Film.
2. Under User Rating select 6.4 and 10 from the drop down menu.
3. Number of Votes enter 5000 in the first text box.
4. Under Display Options select Compact, 250 per page and sorted by "User Ratings Descending".
5. Click the yellow Search button.
IMDb's Advanced Title Search should allow you to find the titles of films you wish to find.
Want to get a list of comedies from the 1970s that have at least 1000 votes and an average rating of 7.5 or higher? Use Advanced Title Search.You can reach the Advanced Title Search by clicking on the link or by selecting Advanced Search from the drop down menu next to the yellow spy glass, the clicking on Advanced Title Search on the Advanced Search page.
Here is a link for the "Top 1000" Titles.
Highest Rated IMDb "Top 1000" Titles
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?count=250&groups=top_1000&sort=user_rating,desc&view=si...
This search 5,294 titles of the highest rated titles with at least 5,000 votes.
Highest Rated Feature Films With User Rating Between 6.4 And 10 and At Least 5,000 Votes
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?count=250&num_votes=5000,&sort=user_rating,desc&title_t...
Setting a minimum threshold of votes excludes highly rated titles with very few votes. For instance, the following search finds 68,455 titles.
Highest Rated Feature Films With User Rating Between 6.4 And 10
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?count=250&sort=user_rating,desc&title_type=feature&user...
I've included an image of the Advanced Title Search page for your reference.
For:
Highest Rated IMDb "Top 1000" Titles
1. Under Title Groups select IMDb "Top 1000"
2. Under Display Options select Compact, 250 per page and sorted by "User Ratings Descending".
3. Click the yellow Search button.
For:
Highest Rated Feature Films With User Rating Between 6.4 And 10 and At Least 5,000 Votes
1. Under Title Type select Feature Film.
2. Under User Rating select 6.4 and 10 from the drop down menu.
3. Number of Votes enter 5000 in the first text box.
4. Under Display Options select Compact, 250 per page and sorted by "User Ratings Descending".
5. Click the yellow Search button.
DavidAH_Ca, Champion
Took me a few hours but I made an Google Sheet of all the score in different age groups and other categories.
Had to add the addition decimal place to the IMDB score in order to keep the list structure when re ordering.
Dan Dassow, Champion
I will cross check this with what I recorded 2 years ago. From what I remember, this looks very similar.
Just a reminder: I recommend that you contact IMDb licensing before doing additional work. I believe that IMDb licensing will approve your use of the data. However, it would be problematic to invest a lot of time and effort in your research, and not have permission to use the data.
Just a reminder: I recommend that you contact IMDb licensing before doing additional work. I believe that IMDb licensing will approve your use of the data. However, it would be problematic to invest a lot of time and effort in your research, and not have permission to use the data.
Already did so, for educational purposes they allow this sort of thing. Its all for a university essay. I can't imagine its going to be anything ground breaking. I'm merely trying to show that there can be no 'greatest film of all time' and that canonical theory is a outmoded system
Dan Dassow, Champion
I'm merely trying to show that there can be no 'greatest film of all time' and that canonical theory is a outmoded systemI believe there is strong evidence to support you hypothesis. I've come to that conclusion base on limited research of my own. When you complete your essay, I would be interested in reading it.
dan_dassow [<at>] yahoo [<dot>] com
Please tell me if there is anything else I can do to help.
