Movie viz

I love horror movies. As such, I initially wanted to focus on any interesting information about horror movies that I could find.

When trying to search for sources of data, I stumbled upon The Movie Database (TMDB) and their API. The TMDB API is free for most non-comercial uses (check their documentation as this can change at any time), pending only a registration process. After obtaining an API key, I could request and receive information on any data hosted in their database. I then used API requests and functional programming in R, to be able to automatically extract numerous useful information, such as IDs for the highest grossing and successful, recent horror movies; movie posters; and other relevant data, such as ratings, budgets, reviews, production companies responsible for each movies, etc. I used these data to make fun and interesting visualizations.

If you're interested in the code that I used to employ these API requests and visualizations, they're fully available on GitHub. Mind that I had to remove my API key, which is personal; you'll have to obtain your own through a simple process on the TMDB website. Be sure to read their documentation in order to adhere to the best practices possible when obtaining data via requests.