# Cinemetrics (University of Chicago)

- id: src_01M569GD4R5TTHVB95J2QNA2C4
- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
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- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T20, T02, T10 · tags: level:advanced, average-shot-length, editing-rhythm, film-style-statistics
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:20:05.774Z
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Source: https://cinemetrics.uchicago.edu/

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  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "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",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "University of Chicago (Yuri Tsivian; software by Gunars Civjans)",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [
    "Measurements are user-submitted and vary by submitter and by the cut measured."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": null
}
```

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: https://cinemetrics.uchicago.edu
- [sourced_fact] Offers a Measurement Database, Barry Salt's Database and a Measurement Theory section. · locator: main navigation · source: https://cinemetrics.uchicago.edu
- [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: https://cinemetrics.uchicago.edu
- [sourced_fact] Terms of Use link points to a UChicago OCHRE terms page; the home page states no data license. · locator: footer · source: https://cinemetrics.uchicago.edu
- [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:
- dataset: license=unknown hosting=unknown redistribution=unknown modification=unknown training=unknown · No data license text found on the fetched page; governed by the linked OCHRE Terms of Use, not read. · evidence: https://cinemetrics.uchicago.edu

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