Cinemetrics (University of Chicago)
Source: https://cinemetrics.uchicago.edu/
Structured fields
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"checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
"usefulness": "The reference database for measured shot lengths per film (ASL and per-shot timings), plus Barry Salt's database and a measurement tool. The quantitative backbone for a film-specific editing-rhythm study.",
"source_type": "dataset",
"availability": "available",
"source_owner": "University of Chicago (Yuri Tsivian; software by Gunars Civjans)",
"next_check_at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
"known_limitations": [
"Measurements are user-submitted and vary by submitter and by the cut measured."
]
}Evidence claims
- [sourced_fact] Site tagline 'Quantify everything you cannot.'; purpose is measuring films through average shot length. · locator: home page header and Tsivian essay source
- [sourced_fact] Offers a Measurement Database, Barry Salt's Database and a Measurement Theory section. · locator: main navigation source
- [sourced_fact] A measurement tool is distributed as a Chrome Web Store extension with a How to Use page. · locator: 'Get the measurement tool' link source
- [sourced_fact] Terms of Use link points to a UChicago OCHRE terms page; the home page states no data license. · locator: footer source
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.
Rights
| component | license | hosting | redistribution | modification | training | Evidence and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dataset | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | No data license text found on the fetched page; governed by the linked OCHRE Terms of Use, not read. |