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CAST · MAN OF STEEL

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

15,817

across full runtime

Named matches

15

actors identified

Close-up shots

42.4%

of all framed shots

Smile rate

3.5%

frames with detected joy

Gender split

78%

22%

M / F · screen-time weighted

Dominant emotion

Neutral 29%

film-wide aggregate

Most expressive

Amy Adams

79% non-neutral

Lead screen share

30%

15 tracked characters

Overall emotion distribution

7 emotions · all characters · screen-time weighted

Happy

3.5%

557 frames

Surprise

2.2%

352 frames

Neutral

29.3%

4,638 frames

Fear

15.2%

2,409 frames

Sad

17.1%

2,709 frames

Angry

27.3%

4,322 frames

Disgust

5.2%

830 frames

Screen time by actor

15 named · 60m tracked of 143m

01

Henry Cavill

as Clark Kent / Superman / Kal-El · 2553 scenes

17.8min · 30% of cast

angry

02

Amy Adams

as Lois Lane · 1260 scenes

8.8min · 15% of cast

fear

03

Russell Crowe

as Jor-El · 1031 scenes

7.2min · 12% of cast

sad

04

Michael Shannon

as General Zod · 987 scenes

6.9min · 12% of cast

angry

05

Kevin Costner

as Jonathan Kent · 445 scenes

3.1min · 5% of cast

angry

06

Diane Lane

as Martha Kent · 412 scenes

2.9min · 5% of cast

sad

07

Christopher Meloni

as Colonel Nathan Hardy · 354 scenes

2.5min · 4% of cast

angry

08

Harry Lennix

as General Calvin Swanwick · 314 scenes

2.2min · 4% of cast

angry

09

Laurence Fishburne

as Perry White · 308 scenes

2.1min · 4% of cast

angry

10

Ayelet Zurer

as Lara Lor-Van · 296 scenes

2.1min · 3% of cast

sad

11

Antje Traue

as Faora-Ul · 269 scenes

1.9min · 3% of cast

angry

12

Richard Schiff

as Dr. Emil Hamilton · 231 scenes

1.6min · 3% of cast

angry

13

Cooper Timberline

as Clark Kent (9 Years) · 40 scenes

0.3min · 0% of cast

neutral

14

Jadin Gould

as Lana Lang · 35 scenes

0.2min · 0% of cast

sad

15

Dylan Sprayberry

as Clark Kent at 13 · 32 scenes

0.2min · 0% of cast

neutral

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
Michael Shannon as General Zod	1,191	78.1	20.5%
Amy Adams as Lois Lane	903	106.8	15.5%
Russell Crowe as Jor-El	795	113	13.7%
Henry Cavill as Clark Kent / Superman / Kal-El	728	180.6	12.5%
Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent	606	142.6	10.4%
Harry Lennix as General Calvin Swanwick	396	173.8	6.8%
Laurence Fishburne as Perry White	291	217.2	5.0%
Christopher Meloni as Colonel Nathan Hardy	285	84.3	4.9%
Diane Lane as Martha Kent	213	105.1	3.7%
Antje Traue as Faora-Ul	132	109.5	2.3%
Ayelet Zurer as Lara Lor-Van	113	76.1	1.9%
Richard Schiff as Dr. Emil Hamilton	110	271.4	1.9%
Dylan Sprayberry as Clark Kent at 13	49	323.1	0.8%

Cast profiles

arc · volatility · emotion breakdown per actor

HC

Henry Cavill

AS CLARK KENT / SUPERMAN / KAL-EL

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

17m 45s

Scenes

2553

First seen

20:10

Last seen

132:50

Volatility

25 Low

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0035m71m107m143m

5%

Happy

1%

Surprise

17%

Neutral

7%

Fear

14%

Sad

50%

Angry

7%

Disgust

AA

Amy Adams

AS LOIS LANE

● Dominant: fear

Screen time

8m 46s

Scenes

1260

First seen

34:26

Last seen

132:48

Volatility

43 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0035m71m107m143m

8%

Happy

2%

Surprise

21%

Neutral

24%

Fear

23%

Sad

10%

Angry

12%

Disgust

RC

Russell Crowe

AS JOR-EL

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

7m 10s

Scenes

1031

First seen

1:21

Last seen

112:04

Volatility

22 Low

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0035m71m107m143m

0%

Happy

1%

Surprise

9%

Neutral

2%

Fear

71%

Sad

16%

Angry

1%

Disgust

MS

Michael Shannon

AS GENERAL ZOD

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

6m 52s

Scenes

987

First seen

3:04

Last seen

127:46

Volatility

16 Low

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0035m71m107m143m

0%

Happy

0%

Surprise

4%

Neutral

3%

Fear

2%

Sad

86%

Angry

5%

Disgust

KC

Kevin Costner

AS JONATHAN KENT

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

3m 05s

Scenes

445

First seen

28:29

Last seen

131:13

Volatility

26 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0035m71m107m143m

6%

Happy

0%

Surprise

18%

Neutral

7%

Fear

14%

Sad

44%

Angry

12%

Disgust

DL

Diane Lane

AS MARTHA KENT

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

2m 52s

Scenes

412

First seen

23:55

Last seen

131:07

Volatility

36 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0035m71m107m143m

10%

Happy

6%

Surprise

4%

Neutral

9%

Fear

39%

Sad

20%

Angry

12%

Disgust

CM

Christopher Meloni

AS COLONEL NATHAN HARDY

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

2m 28s

Scenes

354

First seen

35:21

Last seen

119:01

Volatility

29 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0035m71m107m143m

5%

Happy

1%

Surprise

13%

Neutral

3%

Fear

6%

Sad

60%

Angry

12%

Disgust

HL

Harry Lennix

AS GENERAL CALVIN SWANWICK

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

2m 11s

Scenes

314

First seen

61:24

Last seen

130:11

Volatility

37 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0035m71m107m143m

1%

Happy

1%

Surprise

27%

Neutral

8%

Fear

8%

Sad

51%

Angry

4%

Disgust

LF

Laurence Fishburne

AS PERRY WHITE

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

2m 08s

Scenes

308

First seen

43:10

Last seen

132:29

Volatility

32 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0035m71m107m143m

0%

Happy

3%

Surprise

14%

Neutral

5%

Fear

7%

Sad

62%

Angry

10%

Disgust

AZ

Ayelet Zurer

AS LARA LOR-VAN

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

2m 04s

Scenes

296

First seen

1:15

Last seen

19:02

Volatility

33 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0035m71m107m143m

0%

Happy

1%

Surprise

10%

Neutral

2%

Fear

53%

Sad

21%

Angry

13%

Disgust

AT

Antje Traue

AS FAORA-UL

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

1m 52s

Scenes

269

First seen

3:06

Last seen

118:60

Volatility

28 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0035m71m107m143m

0%

Happy

0%

Surprise

32%

Neutral

2%

Fear

15%

Sad

39%

Angry

13%

Disgust

RS

Richard Schiff

AS DR. EMIL HAMILTON

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

1m 37s

Scenes

231

First seen

35:21

Last seen

118:51

Volatility

30 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~5m per bucket

00:0035m71m107m143m

10%

Happy

3%

Surprise

28%

Neutral

10%

Fear

2%

Sad

47%

Angry

1%

Disgust

CT

Cooper Timberline

AS CLARK KENT (9 YEARS)

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

0m 17s

Scenes

40

First seen

22:58

Last seen

99:54

Too few detections for emotion analysis

JG

Jadin Gould

AS LANA LANG

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

0m 14s

Scenes

35

First seen

26:28

Last seen

28:09

Too few detections for emotion analysis

DS

Dylan Sprayberry

AS CLARK KENT AT 13

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

0m 13s

Scenes

32

First seen

26:20

Last seen

68:39

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Speaker diarization

talk-time · turns · pacing per speaker

Talk-time share · 13 clusterssums to 100.1% of all dialogue

Shannon 29.7%

Adams 16.5%

Crowe 13.7%

Cavill 7.9%

Costner 8.3%

First-word entry · per speakerdot = first line · trail = on-screen window · 7 ensemble

0:0035:4571:30107:15143:00

runtime

Russell Crowe

2:13enter

Diane Lane

2:36enter

Michael Shannon

3:08enter

Ayelet Zurer

4:47enter

Henry Cavill

7:08enter

Antje Traue

11:56enter

Kevin Costner

24:54enter

Dylan Sprayberry

26:24enter

Amy Adams

29:53enter

Harry Lennix

32:31enter

Christopher Meloni

35:20enter

Laurence Fishburne

43:10enter

Richard Schiff

67:40enter

Michael ShannonSPEAKER 22

Rapid exchange

29.7%

of all dialogue · 1,191 words · 15:16 spoken

WPM78.1

Turns308

Avg turn1.6s

Longest8.9s

enters at 3:08profanity 3

Amy AdamsSPEAKER 28

Rapid exchange

16.5%

of all dialogue · 903 words · 8:27 spoken

WPM106.8

Turns262

Avg turn1.2s

Longest13.2s

enters at 29:53profanity 1

Russell CroweSPEAKER 20

Rapid exchange

13.7%

of all dialogue · 795 words · 7:02 spoken

WPM113

Turns209

Avg turn1.3s

Longest5.9s

enters at 2:13profanity 1

Henry CavillSPEAKER 17

Rapid exchange

7.9%

of all dialogue · 728 words · 4:02 spoken

WPM180.6

Turns207

Avg turn1.2s

Longest9.3s

enters at 7:08profanity 0

Kevin CostnerSPEAKER 30

Brief

8.3%

of all dialogue · 606 words · 4:15 spoken

WPM142.6

Turns95

Avg turn1.6s

Longest5.6s

enters at 24:54profanity 0

Harry LennixSPEAKER 10

Brief

4.4%

of all dialogue · 396 words · 2:17 spoken

WPM173.8

Turns85

Avg turn1.3s

Longest7.8s

enters at 32:31profanity 0

Laurence FishburneSPEAKER 14

Brief

2.6%

of all dialogue · 291 words · 1:20 spoken

WPM217.2

Turns52

Avg turn1.6s

Longest6.5s

enters at 43:10profanity 1

Christopher MeloniSPEAKER 13

Brief

6.6%

of all dialogue · 285 words · 3:23 spoken

WPM84.3

Turns48

Avg turn2.2s

Longest9.1s

enters at 35:20profanity 2

Diane LaneSPEAKER 27

Conversational

4.0%

of all dialogue · 213 words · 2:02 spoken

WPM105.1

Turns108

Avg turn0.9s

Longest3.7s

enters at 2:36profanity 1

Antje TraueSPEAKER 03

Brief

2.4%

of all dialogue · 132 words · 1:12 spoken

WPM109.5

Turns31

Avg turn1.5s

Longest3.4s

enters at 11:56profanity 1

Ayelet ZurerSPEAKER 31

Brief

2.9%

of all dialogue · 113 words · 1:29 spoken

WPM76.1

Turns40

Avg turn1.1s

Longest6.1s

enters at 4:47profanity 0

Richard SchiffSPEAKER 29

Brief

0.8%

of all dialogue · 110 words · 0:24 spoken

WPM271.4

Turns22

Avg turn1.4s

Longest4.6s

enters at 67:40profanity 0

Dylan SprayberrySPEAKER 33

Brief

0.3%

of all dialogue · 49 words · 0:09 spoken

WPM323.1

Turns12

Avg turn1.0s

Longest3.2s

enters at 26:24profanity 1

AGGREGATE — 15 unique characters · 15,817 faces detected · 15 named matches · 60m screen-time tracked