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CAST · THE AMATEUR

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

19,245

across full runtime

Named matches

12

actors identified

Close-up shots

19.6%

of all framed shots

Smile rate

3.0%

frames with detected joy

Gender split

76%

24%

M / F · screen-time weighted

Dominant emotion

Neutral 40%

film-wide aggregate

Most expressive

Rami Malek

62% non-neutral

Lead screen share

61%

12 tracked characters

Overall emotion distribution

7 emotions · all characters · screen-time weighted

Happy

3.0%

579 frames

Surprise

4.1%

794 frames

Neutral

40.3%

7,758 frames

Fear

25.4%

4,890 frames

Sad

10.8%

2,078 frames

Angry

13.0%

2,493 frames

Disgust

3.4%

653 frames

Screen time by actor

12 named · 72m tracked of 122.6m

01

Rami Malek

as Heller · 6330 scenes

44.0min · 61% of cast

neutral

02

Holt McCallany

as Director Moore · 871 scenes

6.0min · 8% of cast

sad

03

Laurence Fishburne

as Henderson · 689 scenes

4.8min · 7% of cast

angry

04

Caitríona Balfe

as Inquiline · 529 scenes

3.7min · 5% of cast

sad

05

Danny Sapani

as Caleb · 491 scenes

3.4min · 5% of cast

neutral

06

Michael Stuhlbarg

as Schiller · 398 scenes

2.8min · 4% of cast

neutral

07

Julianne Nicholson

as Director O'Brien · 396 scenes

2.8min · 4% of cast

neutral

08

Jon Bernthal

as The Bear · 288 scenes

2.0min · 3% of cast

neutral

09

Rachel Brosnahan

as Sarah · 206 scenes

1.4min · 2% of cast

happy

10

Adrian Martinez

as Carlos · 51 scenes

0.3min · 0% of cast

angry

11

Evan Milton

as Slater · 39 scenes

0.3min · 0% of cast

sad

12

Kate Sumpter

as Channel 6 Anchor · 13 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
Rami Malek as Heller	2,266	203	34.4%
Danny Sapani as Caleb	860	153.8	13.1%
Laurence Fishburne as Henderson	670	220.1	10.2%
Caitríona Balfe as Inquiline	635	200	9.6%
Jon Bernthal as The Bear	497	273.6	7.5%
Holt McCallany as Director Moore	467	207.8	7.1%
Julianne Nicholson as Director O'Brien	346	135.2	5.3%
Michael Stuhlbarg as Schiller	302	156	4.6%
Rachel Brosnahan as Sarah	229	219.1	3.5%
Unidentified speakers	221	—	3.4%
Evan Milton as Slater	91	238.2	1.4%

Cast profiles

arc · volatility · emotion breakdown per actor

H

Rami Malek

AS HELLER

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

43m 58s

Scenes

6330

First seen

0:42

Last seen

116:23

Volatility

39 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0030m61m91m122.6m

4%

Happy

6%

Surprise

38%

Neutral

20%

Fear

10%

Sad

16%

Angry

6%

Disgust

DM

Holt McCallany

AS DIRECTOR MOORE

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

6m 03s

Scenes

871

First seen

10:20

Last seen

113:25

Volatility

26 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0030m61m91m122.6m

1%

Happy

4%

Surprise

13%

Neutral

2%

Fear

52%

Sad

27%

Angry

2%

Disgust

H

Laurence Fishburne

AS HENDERSON

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

4m 47s

Scenes

689

First seen

32:55

Last seen

115:15

Volatility

35 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0030m61m91m122.6m

1%

Happy

2%

Surprise

21%

Neutral

11%

Fear

10%

Sad

53%

Angry

2%

Disgust

I

Caitríona Balfe

AS INQUILINE

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

3m 40s

Scenes

529

First seen

65:02

Last seen

90:00

Volatility

35 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0030m61m91m122.6m

4%

Happy

1%

Surprise

17%

Neutral

22%

Fear

43%

Sad

6%

Angry

7%

Disgust

C

Danny Sapani

AS CALEB

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

3m 25s

Scenes

491

First seen

15:30

Last seen

113:53

Volatility

37 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0030m61m91m122.6m

1%

Happy

5%

Surprise

30%

Neutral

21%

Fear

20%

Sad

20%

Angry

3%

Disgust

S

Michael Stuhlbarg

AS SCHILLER

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

2m 46s

Scenes

398

First seen

104:02

Last seen

111:53

Volatility

38 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0030m61m91m122.6m

10%

Happy

1%

Surprise

50%

Neutral

3%

Fear

5%

Sad

21%

Angry

10%

Disgust

DO

Julianne Nicholson

AS DIRECTOR O'BRIEN

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

2m 45s

Scenes

396

First seen

12:35

Last seen

113:35

Volatility

35 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0030m61m91m122.6m

1%

Happy

7%

Surprise

50%

Neutral

6%

Fear

31%

Sad

3%

Angry

3%

Disgust

TB

Jon Bernthal

AS THE BEAR

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

2m 00s

Scenes

288

First seen

3:42

Last seen

101:07

Volatility

38 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0030m61m91m122.6m

10%

Happy

10%

Surprise

40%

Neutral

1%

Fear

6%

Sad

32%

Angry

0%

Disgust

S

Rachel Brosnahan

AS SARAH

● Dominant: happy

Screen time

1m 26s

Scenes

206

First seen

0:60

Last seen

96:22

Volatility

35 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0030m61m91m122.6m

41%

Happy

0%

Surprise

15%

Neutral

5%

Fear

38%

Sad

4%

Angry

1%

Disgust

C

Adrian Martinez

AS CARLOS

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

0m 21s

Scenes

51

First seen

6:46

Last seen

34:47

Too few detections for emotion analysis

S

Evan Milton

AS SLATER

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

0m 16s

Scenes

39

First seen

6:43

Last seen

7:26

Too few detections for emotion analysis

C6

Kate Sumpter

AS CHANNEL 6 ANCHOR

● Dominant: disgust

Screen time

0m 05s

Scenes

13

First seen

10:00

Last seen

10:05

Too few detections for emotion analysis

Speaker diarization

talk-time · turns · pacing per speaker

Talk-time share · 13 clusterssums to 99.9% of all dialogue

Malek 32.5%

Sapani 16.3%

Fishburne 8.9%

Balfe 9.2%

Nicholson 7.4%

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

0:0030:3961:1891:57122:36

runtime

Rachel Brosnahan

1:05enter

Rami Malek

1:07enter

Michael Stuhlbarg

2:37enter

Jon Bernthal

3:44enter

Holt McCallany

4:39enter

SPEAKER 24

5:26enter

Evan Milton

6:39enter

Caitríona Balfe

7:06enter

Danny Sapani

7:15enter

Julianne Nicholson

7:30enter

Laurence Fishburne

27:44enter

SPEAKER 23

41:15enter

SPEAKER 04

54:52enter

Rami MalekSPEAKER 13

Rapid exchange

32.5%

of all dialogue · 2,266 words · 11:10 spoken

WPM203

Turns495

Avg turn1.6s

Longest41.7s

enters at 1:07profanity 5

Danny SapaniSPEAKER 17

Rapid exchange

16.3%

of all dialogue · 860 words · 5:36 spoken

WPM153.8

Turns217

Avg turn1.4s

Longest12.2s

enters at 7:15profanity 0

Laurence FishburneSPEAKER 14

Conversational

8.9%

of all dialogue · 670 words · 3:03 spoken

WPM220.1

Turns144

Avg turn1.3s

Longest10.5s

enters at 27:44profanity 1

Caitríona BalfeSPEAKER 29

Rapid exchange

9.2%

of all dialogue · 635 words · 3:11 spoken

WPM200

Turns164

Avg turn1.2s

Longest4.7s

enters at 7:06profanity 2

Jon BernthalSPEAKER 09

Brief

5.3%

of all dialogue · 497 words · 1:49 spoken

WPM273.6

Turns86

Avg turn1.7s

Longest14.5s

enters at 3:44profanity 1

Holt McCallanySPEAKER 22

Conversational

6.5%

of all dialogue · 467 words · 2:15 spoken

WPM207.8

Turns108

Avg turn1.3s

Longest8.3s

enters at 4:39profanity 3

Julianne NicholsonSPEAKER 28

Brief

7.4%

of all dialogue · 346 words · 2:34 spoken

WPM135.2

Turns80

Avg turn1.4s

Longest10.4s

enters at 7:30profanity 1

Michael StuhlbargSPEAKER 05

Brief

5.6%

of all dialogue · 302 words · 1:56 spoken

WPM156

Turns95

Avg turn1.3s

Longest4.1s

enters at 2:37profanity 0

Rachel BrosnahanSPEAKER 19

Brief

3.0%

of all dialogue · 229 words · 1:03 spoken

WPM219.1

Turns53

Avg turn1.3s

Longest6.8s

enters at 1:05profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 04 · unmatched

Brief

1.3%

of all dialogue · 120 words · 0:27 spoken

WPM266.5

Turns45

Avg turn1.0s

Longest4.8s

enters at 54:52profanity 0

Evan MiltonSPEAKER 02

Brief

1.1%

of all dialogue · 91 words · 0:23 spoken

WPM238.2

Turns41

Avg turn0.9s

Longest5.7s

enters at 6:39profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 24 · unmatched

Brief

2.3%

of all dialogue · 83 words · 0:48 spoken

WPM103.5

Turns24

Avg turn1.8s

Longest6.8s

enters at 5:26profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 23 · unmatched

Brief

0.5%

of all dialogue · 18 words · 0:10 spoken

WPM103.6

Turns14

Avg turn1.1s

Longest3.6s

enters at 41:15profanity 0

AGGREGATE — 12 unique characters · 19,245 faces detected · 12 named matches · 72m screen-time tracked