ANALYSIS 2 (source: tdylf.com)

(Source: http://tdylf.com/2012/07/12/infographic-french-cinema-at-a-glance/)

This is an infographic dedicated to French cinema: the evolution of production in France in recent years and a journey through the history of French cinema movements, productions, artists, awards,...

Is a rather abstract graphic information if we analyze the bar chart and the timeline, although it also has some figurative aspect (like the ticket of the beginning).

It has various decorative elements, such as the political map of France and the film images on the timeline.

Although part of the timeline may seem a little dense, overall the infographic is quite crisp and simple and without information overload.

It is completely unidirectional because it reflects aspects of the same subject (French cinema), but totally different information representing each one of them: they could be independent graphics.

The entire graphics that it shows are familiar to us, since we are used to see bar charts and timelines in our day to day. Therefore, there is no originality in the way in which information is represented.

Although some information is repeated, the vast majority of the data showed appears for the first time, so it is not redundant.

Thus, it is an intelligible and simple information graphic: it explains clearly the basic information necessary to understand the production of French films in recent years and its history. Furthermore, the infographic does it in a aesthetical pleasant way, so it is a graph that attracts anyone (not just movie fans).




This is the tension wheel which is used to analyze information graphics. The important thing is to relate the points until you create an area. Then, this area is used to achieve a prompted conclusion: