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CAST · ARRIVAL

Faces & feelings

Per-character screen time, dialogue and emotion breakdown — derived from face recognition + expression classifier across every frame.

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Faces detected

14,893

across full runtime

Named matches

12

actors identified

Close-up shots

23.7%

of all framed shots

Smile rate

2.0%

frames with detected joy

Gender split

45%

55%

M / F · screen-time weighted

Dominant emotion

Fear 47%

film-wide aggregate

Most expressive

Michael Stuhlbarg

83% non-neutral

Lead screen share

54%

12 tracked characters

Overall emotion distribution

7 emotions · all characters · screen-time weighted

Happy

2.0%

291 frames

Surprise

1.7%

256 frames

Neutral

22.6%

3,363 frames

Fear

47.1%

7,008 frames

Sad

15.3%

2,280 frames

Angry

8.9%

1,323 frames

Disgust

2.5%

372 frames

Screen time by actor

12 named · 49m tracked of 116.4m

01

Amy Adams

as Louise Banks · 3793 scenes

26.4min · 54% of cast

fear

02

Jeremy Renner

as Ian Donnelly · 1333 scenes

9.3min · 19% of cast

fear

03

Forest Whitaker

as Colonel Weber · 685 scenes

4.8min · 10% of cast

sad

04

Michael Stuhlbarg

as Agent Halpern · 393 scenes

2.7min · 6% of cast

angry

05

Mark O'Brien

as Captain Marks · 311 scenes

2.2min · 4% of cast

neutral

06

Tzi Ma

as General Shang · 215 scenes

1.5min · 3% of cast

neutral

07

Abigail Pniowsky

as 8-Year-Old Hannah · 131 scenes

0.9min · 2% of cast

neutral

08

Frank Schorpion

as Dr. Kettler · 50 scenes

0.3min · 1% of cast

fear

09

Julia Scarlett Dan

as 12-Year-Old Hannah · 47 scenes

0.3min · 1% of cast

sad

10

Pat Kiely

as Environmental Tech · 13 scenes

0.1min · 0% of cast

angry

11

Jadyn Malone

as 6-Year-Old Hannah · 9 scenes

0.1min · 0% of cast

happy

12

Lucas Chartier-Dessert

as Private Lasky · 3 scenes

0.0min · 0% of cast

fear

Dialogue by character

words spoken · WPM · share of total dialogue

NOTE — speaker matching uses face-detection overlap; actors not recognized by the AI appear as unidentified.

Actor / Character	Words spoken	WPM	% of dialogue
Amy Adams as Louise Banks	1,591	153.5	31.1%
Jeremy Renner as Ian Donnelly	902	146.1	17.6%
Forest Whitaker as Colonel Weber	850	190.9	16.6%
Michael Stuhlbarg as Agent Halpern	704	209.8	13.8%
Mark O'Brien as Captain Marks	327	246.1	6.4%
Frank Schorpion as Dr. Kettler	222	268.9	4.3%
Tzi Ma as General Shang	202	136	3.9%
Unidentified speakers	191	—	3.7%
Abigail Pniowsky as 8-Year-Old Hannah	75	293.4	1.5%
Julia Scarlett Dan as 12-Year-Old Hannah	49	180.1	1.0%
Pat Kiely as Environmental Tech	4	272.7	0.1%

Cast profiles

arc · volatility · emotion breakdown per actor

LB

Amy Adams

AS LOUISE BANKS

● Dominant: fear

Screen time

26m 22s

Scenes

3793

First seen

2:08

Last seen

110:39

Volatility

33 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m58m87m116.4m

1%

Happy

1%

Surprise

21%

Neutral

32%

Fear

28%

Sad

13%

Angry

4%

Disgust

ID

Jeremy Renner

AS IAN DONNELLY

● Dominant: fear

Screen time

9m 16s

Scenes

1333

First seen

15:18

Last seen

110:20

Volatility

30 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m58m87m116.4m

2%

Happy

2%

Surprise

21%

Neutral

31%

Fear

24%

Sad

20%

Angry

1%

Disgust

CW

Forest Whitaker

AS COLONEL WEBER

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

4m 46s

Scenes

685

First seen

10:49

Last seen

98:22

Volatility

25 Low

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m58m87m116.4m

0%

Happy

0%

Surprise

9%

Neutral

33%

Fear

50%

Sad

8%

Angry

0%

Disgust

AH

Michael Stuhlbarg

AS AGENT HALPERN

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

2m 44s

Scenes

393

First seen

35:13

Last seen

103:22

Volatility

39 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m58m87m116.4m

0%

Happy

9%

Surprise

17%

Neutral

18%

Fear

26%

Sad

26%

Angry

4%

Disgust

CM

Mark O'Brien

AS CAPTAIN MARKS

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

2m 10s

Scenes

311

First seen

19:49

Last seen

72:46

Volatility

21 Low

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m58m87m116.4m

34%

Happy

2%

Surprise

48%

Neutral

31%

Fear

14%

Sad

4%

Angry

3%

Disgust

GS

Tzi Ma

AS GENERAL SHANG

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

1m 29s

Scenes

215

First seen

41:45

Last seen

103:38

Volatility

26 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m58m87m116.4m

17%

Happy

21%

Surprise

52%

Neutral

4%

Fear

1%

Sad

4%

Angry

6%

Disgust

8H

Abigail Pniowsky

AS 8-YEAR-OLD HANNAH

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

0m 55s

Scenes

131

First seen

3:11

Last seen

95:06

Volatility

28 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m58m87m116.4m

15%

Happy

0%

Surprise

45%

Neutral

2%

Fear

31%

Sad

0%

Angry

7%

Disgust

DK

Frank Schorpion

AS DR. KETTLER

● Dominant: fear

Screen time

0m 21s

Scenes

50

First seen

20:50

Last seen

76:51

Too few detections for emotion analysis

1H

Julia Scarlett Dan

AS 12-YEAR-OLD HANNAH

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

0m 20s

Scenes

47

First seen

3:14

Last seen

80:57

Too few detections for emotion analysis

ET

Pat Kiely

AS ENVIRONMENTAL TECH

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

0m 05s

Scenes

13

First seen

29:22

Last seen

65:33

Too few detections for emotion analysis

6H

Jadyn Malone

AS 6-YEAR-OLD HANNAH

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

0m 04s

Scenes

9

First seen

2:32

Last seen

2:52

Too few detections for emotion analysis

PL

Lucas Chartier-Dessert

AS PRIVATE LASKY

● Dominant: fear

Screen time

0m 01s

Scenes

3

First seen

58:25

Last seen

58:27

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Speaker diarization

talk-time · turns · pacing per speaker

Talk-time share · 15 clusterssums to 99.8% of all dialogue

Adams 35.1%

Renner 20.9%

Whitaker 15.1%

Stuhlbarg 11.4%

First-word entry · per speakerdot = first line · trail = on-screen window · 9 ensemble

0:0029:0658:1287:18116:24

runtime

Amy Adams

1:47enter

Mark O'Brien

5:24enter

SPEAKER 03

7:11enter

SPEAKER 00

8:45enter

Forest Whitaker

8:53enter

Pat Kiely

12:01enter

SPEAKER 29

14:14enter

Frank Schorpion

20:46enter

SPEAKER 01

21:27enter

Michael Stuhlbarg

21:43enter

Jeremy Renner

22:04enter

Abigail Pniowsky

59:01enter

Tzi Ma

78:58enter

Julia Scarlett Dan

80:19enter

SPEAKER 28

104:00enter

Amy AdamsSPEAKER 08

Rapid exchange

35.1%

of all dialogue · 1,591 words · 10:22 spoken

WPM153.5

Turns384

Avg turn1.5s

Longest14.9s

enters at 1:47profanity 0

Jeremy RennerSPEAKER 19

Rapid exchange

20.9%

of all dialogue · 902 words · 6:10 spoken

WPM146.1

Turns228

Avg turn1.4s

Longest7.9s

enters at 22:04profanity 1

Forest WhitakerSPEAKER 04

Rapid exchange

15.1%

of all dialogue · 850 words · 4:27 spoken

WPM190.9

Turns209

Avg turn1.3s

Longest10.6s

enters at 8:53profanity 0

Michael StuhlbargSPEAKER 18

Conversational

11.4%

of all dialogue · 704 words · 3:21 spoken

WPM209.8

Turns113

Avg turn1.7s

Longest11.3s

enters at 21:43profanity 0

Mark O'BrienSPEAKER 31

Conversational

4.5%

of all dialogue · 327 words · 1:20 spoken

WPM246.1

Turns124

Avg turn1.5s

Longest20.6s

enters at 5:24profanity 0

Frank SchorpionSPEAKER 11

Brief

2.8%

of all dialogue · 222 words · 0:50 spoken

WPM268.9

Turns37

Avg turn1.5s

Longest7.9s

enters at 20:46profanity 0

Tzi MaSPEAKER 27

Brief

5.0%

of all dialogue · 202 words · 1:29 spoken

WPM136

Turns34

Avg turn2.3s

Longest25.1s

enters at 78:58profanity 0

Abigail PniowskySPEAKER 06

Brief

0.9%

of all dialogue · 75 words · 0:15 spoken

WPM293.4

Turns26

Avg turn1.2s

Longest4.4s

enters at 59:01profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 29 · unmatched

Brief

1.2%

of all dialogue · 65 words · 0:22 spoken

WPM181.4

Turns12

Avg turn2.3s

Longest13.0s

enters at 14:14profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 03 · unmatched

Brief

0.9%

of all dialogue · 57 words · 0:16 spoken

WPM216.2

Turns4

Avg turn5.9s

Longest7.1s

enters at 7:11profanity 0

Julia Scarlett DanSPEAKER 22

Brief

0.9%

of all dialogue · 49 words · 0:16 spoken

WPM180.1

Turns19

Avg turn0.9s

Longest3.9s

enters at 80:19profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 01 · unmatched

Brief

0.4%

of all dialogue · 26 words · 0:08 spoken

WPM199

Turns3

Avg turn2.9s

Longest7.5s

enters at 21:27profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 00 · unmatched

Brief

0.4%

of all dialogue · 24 words · 0:07 spoken

WPM202.2

Turns1

Avg turn8.0s

Longest8.0s

enters at 8:45profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 28 · unmatched

Brief

0.3%

of all dialogue · 19 words · 0:06 spoken

WPM191.9

Turns2

Avg turn3.1s

Longest6.2s

enters at 104:00profanity 0

Pat KielySPEAKER 15

Brief

0.0%

of all dialogue · 4 words · 0:01 spoken

WPM272.7

Turns53

Avg turn1.0s

Longest7.4s

enters at 12:01profanity 0

AGGREGATE — 12 unique characters · 14,893 faces detected · 12 named matches · 49m screen-time tracked