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CAST · BECAUSE I SAID SO

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

23,428

across full runtime

Named matches

14

actors identified

Close-up shots

7.1%

of all framed shots

Smile rate

19.5%

frames with detected joy

Gender split

42%

58%

M / F · screen-time weighted

Dominant emotion

Neutral 27%

film-wide aggregate

Most expressive

Ty Panitz

69% non-neutral

Lead screen share

35%

14 tracked characters

Overall emotion distribution

7 emotions · all characters · screen-time weighted

Happy

19.5%

4,574 frames

Surprise

5.0%

1,181 frames

Neutral

27.2%

6,366 frames

Fear

11.0%

2,570 frames

Sad

20.3%

4,756 frames

Angry

8.4%

1,973 frames

Disgust

8.6%

2,008 frames

Screen time by actor

14 named · 90m tracked of 101.3m

01

Mandy Moore

as Milly · 4497 scenes

31.3min · 35% of cast

sad

02

Diane Keaton

as Daphne · 2659 scenes

18.5min · 21% of cast

sad

03

Lauren Graham

as Maggie · 1495 scenes

10.4min · 12% of cast

happy

04

Gabriel Macht

as Johnny · 1275 scenes

8.9min · 10% of cast

happy

05

Tom Everett Scott

as Jason · 842 scenes

5.8min · 7% of cast

neutral

06

Piper Perabo

as Mae · 755 scenes

5.3min · 6% of cast

sad

07

Stephen Collins

as Joe · 631 scenes

4.4min · 5% of cast

angry

08

Colin Ferguson

as Derek · 268 scenes

1.9min · 2% of cast

happy

09

Tony Hale

as Stuart · 219 scenes

1.5min · 2% of cast

fear

10

Matt Champagne

as Eli · 127 scenes

0.9min · 1% of cast

neutral

11

Ty Panitz

as Lionel · 87 scenes

0.6min · 1% of cast

sad

12

Mary Pat Gleason

as Iris · 45 scenes

0.3min · 0% of cast

disgust

13

Parvesh Cheena

as Foreign Guy · 33 scenes

0.2min · 0% of cast

neutral

14

John Ross Bowie

as Cute Food Spewing Guy · 12 scenes

0.1min · 0% of cast

disgust

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
Diane Keaton as Daphne	3,472	230.6	32.1%
Mandy Moore as Milly	2,369	193.2	21.9%
Gabriel Macht as Johnny	1,172	199	10.8%
Lauren Graham as Maggie	787	259	7.3%
Tom Everett Scott as Jason	783	258.5	7.2%
Colin Ferguson as Derek	741	201.4	6.8%
Stephen Collins as Joe	733	188.6	6.8%
Tony Hale as Stuart	314	322.8	2.9%
Piper Perabo as Mae	235	244	2.2%
Ty Panitz as Lionel	130	184.4	1.2%
Mary Pat Gleason as Iris	77	223.4	0.7%
Unidentified speakers	5	—	0.0%

Cast profiles

arc · volatility · emotion breakdown per actor

M

Mandy Moore

AS MILLY

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

31m 16s

Scenes

4497

First seen

1:05

Last seen

95:29

Volatility

38 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0025m50m75m101.3m

24%

Happy

4%

Surprise

11%

Neutral

6%

Fear

33%

Sad

9%

Angry

15%

Disgust

D

Diane Keaton

AS DAPHNE

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

18m 29s

Scenes

2659

First seen

1:08

Last seen

95:28

Volatility

42 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0025m50m75m101.3m

33%

Happy

6%

Surprise

7%

Neutral

10%

Fear

36%

Sad

5%

Angry

4%

Disgust

M

Lauren Graham

AS MAGGIE

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

10m 23s

Scenes

1495

First seen

1:00

Last seen

95:29

Volatility

44 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0025m50m75m101.3m

24%

Happy

2%

Surprise

18%

Neutral

5%

Fear

15%

Sad

20%

Angry

17%

Disgust

J

Gabriel Macht

AS JOHNNY

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

8m 52s

Scenes

1275

First seen

14:22

Last seen

94:38

Volatility

33 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0025m50m75m101.3m

30%

Happy

1%

Surprise

13%

Neutral

0%

Fear

5%

Sad

23%

Angry

28%

Disgust

J

Tom Everett Scott

AS JASON

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

5m 51s

Scenes

842

First seen

17:57

Last seen

78:22

Volatility

40 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0025m50m75m101.3m

22%

Happy

6%

Surprise

25%

Neutral

2%

Fear

14%

Sad

9%

Angry

23%

Disgust

M

Piper Perabo

AS MAE

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

5m 15s

Scenes

755

First seen

1:07

Last seen

95:27

Volatility

35 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0025m50m75m101.3m

29%

Happy

4%

Surprise

23%

Neutral

4%

Fear

31%

Sad

4%

Angry

5%

Disgust

J

Stephen Collins

AS JOE

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

4m 23s

Scenes

631

First seen

37:13

Last seen

95:27

Volatility

36 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0025m50m75m101.3m

18%

Happy

1%

Surprise

16%

Neutral

1%

Fear

12%

Sad

46%

Angry

7%

Disgust

D

Colin Ferguson

AS DEREK

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

1m 52s

Scenes

268

First seen

1:00

Last seen

95:21

Volatility

38 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0025m50m75m101.3m

30%

Happy

2%

Surprise

22%

Neutral

10%

Fear

24%

Sad

5%

Angry

7%

Disgust

S

Tony Hale

AS STUART

● Dominant: fear

Screen time

1m 31s

Scenes

219

First seen

27:32

Last seen

95:41

Volatility

37 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0025m50m75m101.3m

8%

Happy

4%

Surprise

1%

Neutral

32%

Fear

25%

Sad

21%

Angry

10%

Disgust

E

Matt Champagne

AS ELI

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

0m 53s

Scenes

127

First seen

1:13

Last seen

94:20

Volatility

32 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0025m50m75m101.3m

30%

Happy

0%

Surprise

54%

Neutral

16%

Fear

2%

Sad

4%

Angry

11%

Disgust

L

Ty Panitz

AS LIONEL

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

0m 36s

Scenes

87

First seen

36:43

Last seen

93:41

Volatility

53 High

Emotional arc — 30 segments~3m per bucket

00:0025m50m75m101.3m

20%

Happy

10%

Surprise

31%

Neutral

1%

Fear

32%

Sad

0%

Angry

6%

Disgust

I

Mary Pat Gleason

AS IRIS

● Dominant: disgust

Screen time

0m 19s

Scenes

45

First seen

15:57

Last seen

16:33

Too few detections for emotion analysis

FG

Parvesh Cheena

AS FOREIGN GUY

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

0m 14s

Scenes

33

First seen

14:57

Last seen

15:41

Too few detections for emotion analysis

CF

John Ross Bowie

AS CUTE FOOD SPEWING GUY

● Dominant: disgust

Screen time

0m 05s

Scenes

12

First seen

14:45

Last seen

14:53

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Speaker diarization

talk-time · turns · pacing per speaker

Talk-time share · 12 clusterssums to 99.8% of all dialogue

Keaton 30.0%

Moore 24.4%

Macht 11.7%

Ferguson 7.3%

Collins 7.7%

First-word entry · per speakerdot = first line · trail = on-screen window · 6 ensemble

0:0025:2050:3975:59101:18

runtime

Colin Ferguson

0:36enter

Ty Panitz

1:05enter

Diane Keaton

1:11enter

Lauren Graham

2:13enter

Piper Perabo

2:25enter

Mandy Moore

4:21enter

Gabriel Macht

4:27enter

Stephen Collins

5:38enter

Tom Everett Scott

10:19enter

Tony Hale

14:43enter

Mary Pat Gleason

15:57enter

SPEAKER 17

81:03enter

Diane KeatonSPEAKER 07

Rapid exchange

30.0%

of all dialogue · 3,472 words · 15:03 spoken

WPM230.6

Turns413

Avg turn2.4s

Longest30.0s

enters at 1:11profanity 2

Mandy MooreSPEAKER 27

Rapid exchange

24.4%

of all dialogue · 2,369 words · 12:16 spoken

WPM193.2

Turns408

Avg turn1.8s

Longest13.9s

enters at 4:21profanity 0

Gabriel MachtSPEAKER 09

Rapid exchange

11.7%

of all dialogue · 1,172 words · 5:53 spoken

WPM199

Turns307

Avg turn1.2s

Longest9.5s

enters at 4:27profanity 0

Lauren GrahamSPEAKER 05

Conversational

6.1%

of all dialogue · 787 words · 3:02 spoken

WPM259

Turns136

Avg turn1.7s

Longest11.2s

enters at 2:13profanity 0

Tom Everett ScottSPEAKER 21

Rapid exchange

6.0%

of all dialogue · 783 words · 3:02 spoken

WPM258.5

Turns156

Avg turn1.5s

Longest8.3s

enters at 10:19profanity 1

Colin FergusonSPEAKER 12

Rapid exchange

7.3%

of all dialogue · 741 words · 3:41 spoken

WPM201.4

Turns213

Avg turn1.6s

Longest17.4s

enters at 0:36profanity 1

Stephen CollinsSPEAKER 31

Rapid exchange

7.7%

of all dialogue · 733 words · 3:53 spoken

WPM188.6

Turns230

Avg turn1.2s

Longest11.7s

enters at 5:38profanity 0

Tony HaleSPEAKER 24

Brief

1.9%

of all dialogue · 314 words · 0:58 spoken

WPM322.8

Turns33

Avg turn2.1s

Longest6.7s

enters at 14:43profanity 0

Piper PeraboSPEAKER 19

Rapid exchange

1.9%

of all dialogue · 235 words · 0:58 spoken

WPM244

Turns246

Avg turn1.1s

Longest12.2s

enters at 2:25profanity 0

Ty PanitzSPEAKER 16

Brief

1.4%

of all dialogue · 130 words · 0:42 spoken

WPM184.4

Turns51

Avg turn1.8s

Longest8.2s

enters at 1:05profanity 0

Mary Pat GleasonSPEAKER 33

Brief

0.7%

of all dialogue · 77 words · 0:21 spoken

WPM223.4

Turns12

Avg turn2.2s

Longest19.0s

enters at 15:57profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 17 · unmatched

Brief

0.7%

of all dialogue · 5 words · 0:20 spoken

WPM14.8

Turns16

Avg turn0.6s

Longest2.3s

enters at 81:03profanity 0

AGGREGATE — 14 unique characters · 23,428 faces detected · 14 named matches · 90m screen-time tracked