Detection, audio and scene analysis across every frame of The Shawshank Redemption — derived from object recognition, transcript alignment and shot segmentation.
Over 82 people consistently appear on screen throughout, leaving The Shawshank Redemption outscoring 82% of all Drama films in cast density.
5,567unique people spotted (90% of frames)
"man" is said 51 times — once every 2.8 minutes.
Tim Robbins is on screen for 32 of 142 minutes — 23% of the runtime.
The longest stretch of silence runs 4 min 52 sec — no dialogue at all.
127profanity instances across the runtime — roughly one every 67 seconds.
Only 3.1% of all detected faces are smiling across the entire film.
At 117 BPM, the score sets a slow, meditative pace throughout.
2,853unique words spoken out of 11,096 total — a vocabulary richness of 25.7%.
AI detected 98 unique object types across 136,770 frame-by-frame detections.
682unique ties spotted (17% of frames)
289unique chairs spotted (5% of frames)
298unique books spotted (3% of frames)
177unique cups spotted (3% of frames)
118unique cars spotted (1% of frames)
102unique dining tables spotted (2% of frames)
Posters appear in 1% of frames
73unique bottles spotted (0% of frames)
39unique benchs spotted (1% of frames)
Features 3,774 high-action sequences (9% of the film)
166weapon appearances (1 per minute)
Contains 127 profanities (0.9 per minute)
Longest silence: 5 minutes of unbroken quiet
Peak dialogue speed: 204 words per minute
25%of frames are close-ups
Only 3.1% of face detections are smiling
The film's emotional journey ends on a neutral note
Shot predominantly with warm tones