In this project, I wanted to explore the streaming industry and partially compare it to the state of the cable industry. The biggest struggle I have on graph project is the explainers, because writing is not my particular strength. So, I made sure to allow myself more time to write a better explainer than in previous assignments. For this project I made the whole package within 29p6, which was a bit of a restriction, but I wanted to restrict myself and make a chart that was effective within a smaller space. Even though I thought the actual designing was going to be the most difficult aspect, I was wrong. The biggest road block I ran into was collecting data. I explored for what seemed like hours trying to find relevant and useful data. More than just finding relevant data it was even harder trying to find data that was comparable in the cable industry so I could compare the 2 industries within a line chart.
In regards to the design and colors, I stuck with a monochromatic red color scheme mainly to create cohesion and I chose red because it is the color of the number 1 streaming company in the states, Netflix. The one thing I wrestled with when making this graphic, was I wanted to make some sort of engaging image or graphic that was related to the subject to break up the monotony of just graphs. I could never figure out what imagery would be a good fit, but rather than forcing it and possibly making the project worse, I refrained and left it the same.
Overall, this project was fun and it was interesting to find my won data for the project which added a new dynamic and challenge.