A device to predict box-office hits
London, Aug. 27 (ANI): British movie buffs say that they have created a device that can predict whether a film will be a box-office hit or a flop.
Nick Meaney, Sean Verity and their friends claim that their device is capable enough to reveal how much films will earn.
The same technology, they say, can help football managers to form the best possible team.
The trio assessed US film releases since 1970 on the basis of their script, location, cast and costume.
Details about each film were fed into a computer, which then helped them to score each of thousands of plot elements on a scale. The scores are subjected to millions of calculations.
Film-makers can approach London-based firm Epagogix with details about their movie and compare them with their database. A similar system is already being used by Italian giants Juventus.
"Three out of four films never recoup the money spent on them. If you can show a movie is going to dive you prevent all that waste," the Sun quoted ex-financial whizz Nick, 49, as saying.
Epagogix said had Sean Penn and Nicole Kidman shared romantic scenes in 2005 thriller 'The Interpreter', the film would have earned 20 million pounds more.
The firm also said that the team of pair of black and white actors Danny Glover and Mel Gibson in the lead made 1987's 'Lethal Weapon' a hit.
"If you plotted every statistic about every player - number of corners, tackles etc - you'd have a lot of info. All those combinations could be calculated to make the best team," Nick said. (ANI)
http://in.news.yahoo.com/070827/139/6jymc.html
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So, does the tinkerman tinker on scientific bases??
London, Aug. 27 (ANI): British movie buffs say that they have created a device that can predict whether a film will be a box-office hit or a flop.
Nick Meaney, Sean Verity and their friends claim that their device is capable enough to reveal how much films will earn.
The same technology, they say, can help football managers to form the best possible team.
The trio assessed US film releases since 1970 on the basis of their script, location, cast and costume.
Details about each film were fed into a computer, which then helped them to score each of thousands of plot elements on a scale. The scores are subjected to millions of calculations.
Film-makers can approach London-based firm Epagogix with details about their movie and compare them with their database. A similar system is already being used by Italian giants Juventus.
"Three out of four films never recoup the money spent on them. If you can show a movie is going to dive you prevent all that waste," the Sun quoted ex-financial whizz Nick, 49, as saying.
Epagogix said had Sean Penn and Nicole Kidman shared romantic scenes in 2005 thriller 'The Interpreter', the film would have earned 20 million pounds more.
The firm also said that the team of pair of black and white actors Danny Glover and Mel Gibson in the lead made 1987's 'Lethal Weapon' a hit.
"If you plotted every statistic about every player - number of corners, tackles etc - you'd have a lot of info. All those combinations could be calculated to make the best team," Nick said. (ANI)
http://in.news.yahoo.com/070827/139/6jymc.html
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So, does the tinkerman tinker on scientific bases??
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