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This paper addresses the question of movie similarity through multilayer graph similarity measures. Recent work has shown how to construct multilayer networks using movie scripts, and how they capture different aspects of the stories. Based on this modeling, we propose to rely on the multilayer structure and compute different similarities, so we may compare movies, not from their visual content, summary, or actors, but actually from their own storyboard. We propose to do so using “portrait divergence”, which has been recently introduced to compute graph distances from summarizing graph characteristics. We illustrate our approach on the series of six Star Wars movies.
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Here is a quick summary of the plot: The saga follows Anakin Skywalker, a young child freed from slavery to become a Jedi and endeavored to save the galaxy. Anakin instructed by the Jedi Masters of the light side, married the senator Padme. Unfortunately, the Sith (Palpatine) submits him to the dark side, rebelling and losing against his Master (Obi-Wan). Anakin is saved by the Sith, now ruling over the galaxy, and transformed to Darth Vader. Padme died while giving birth to twins Luke and Leia. Luke becomes a farmer while Leia becomes a princess. Nineteen years later, Obi-Wan met Luke and taught him the Jedi way, while receiving a distress call from the princess Leia, leading the resistance against Palpatine. Joining smuggler Han Solo in the Millenium Falcon they went to save her, and support the resistance. Luke completes his Jedi training, while Solo gets captured by the Sith, who crushes most of the resistance. Vader tries to turn Luke to the dark side when discovering that Luke is his son. Unsuccessful, Palpatine tries to kill Luke, awaking in Vader his old self. Vader turns back against Palpatine and rescues the galaxy.
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Lafhel, M., Cherifi, H., Renoust, B., El Hassouni, M., Mourchid, Y. (2021). Movie Script Similarity Using Multilayer Network Portrait Divergence. In: Benito, R.M., Cherifi, C., Cherifi, H., Moro, E., Rocha, L.M., Sales-Pardo, M. (eds) Complex Networks & Their Applications IX. COMPLEX NETWORKS 2020 2020. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 943. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65347-7_24
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