Comment by stevage
1 day ago
It's an explorable database of films, TV shows, books and board games based around their historical setting: where and when the thing is set. It's been incredibly complex and interesting getting the (messy) data, making sense of it and trying to design a UI to explore it.
https://stevebennett.me/2025/08/26/whenever-exploring-times-...
It would be interesting to see for movies and tv series where it’s set vs where it’s actually shot
This reminded me instantly of Every Frame a Painting's video "Vancouver never plays itself"[0].
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm74VGsZBU
Yeah, that's a whole different thing. I saw this map once that showed places in California and how they were used to film various locations around the world. Turns out LA is very well situated.
Great job! I just went down a rabbit-hole exploring some historical events