Screentime Minutes for Identity

[BadToad]

Episode running time: 41m, 45s (the "previously on SV" took up 1m,3s of that time)


Clark 24m, 23s
Chloe 5m, 31s
Lois 13m, 20s
Jimmy 11m, 35s
Tess 4m, 29s
Oliver 6m, 36s


Season to date (# of eps)

Clark 141m, 37s (7)
Chloe 85m, 53s (7)
Lois 69m, 36s (6)
Jimmy 45m, 35s (5)
Tess 48m, 7s (6)
Davis 29m, 47s (3)
Oliver 48m, 31s (4)

[redkryptoniteisthebest]

Thanks! That kinda stinks that Oliver had more screentime than Chloe, but its nbd.

[ginnyfan]

Oh I'm happy to see that Clark's screen time is consistently so high.

[geminis]

Yay for Clark and Lois!

Chloe and Oliver milked every last second out of their appearances. It's surprising that they were on for less than ten minutes tops. And it was great to see Jimmy with more of Clark and Lois, instead of Chloe. Also interesting was the fact that he and Lois were meeting for dinner and that Clark was brought into the dinner conversation, but not Chloe.

We'll have to see if it's actually Chloe who got the all the screentime. She's been a really good eevull Brainiac shell.

Thanks as always, BadToad. And oh, the horrors; the previously on ate up precious episode time. It was a fairly fast paced episode but still, no wonder it seemed to go so fast.

[Lis]

Thanks BadToad

[zorasuperman]

even though chloe is technically 2nd for the most screen time
i think it is lois who gets more and let me explain me:

whereas chloe has been in ALL the episodes, lois has not (albiet she has missed one), she is not that far off from chloe considering she hasnt been in all the episodes. someone who is 2nd in credits and overall screen times, but comparing it to loiss, idk it seems less to me

[mskingston]

Thanks, BadToad. It's so interesting to look at the screentime, especially when you (general you) watch the actual series and know how each character's screentime is being used. I think this season, the writers have done a good job at not "wasting" the precious screentime of anyone. I hope that continues!

[BadToad]

I think this season, the writers have done a good job at not "wasting" the precious screentime of anyone.

I definitely agree with this. Maybe Toxic was an exception to that for a few reasons, but overall, I think all the characters are being used very well, and in a meaningful way. SV is notoriously bad at that, so I definitely think we're seeing a changed philosophy at work here.

[geminis]

I definitely agree with this. Maybe Toxic was an exception to that for a few reasons, but overall, I think all the characters are being used very well, and in a meaningful way. SV is notoriously bad at that, so I definitely think we're seeing a changed philosophy at work here.

And isn't it terrific? Season 8 is made of great!

[Kevin24]

Clark is blowing everyone out of the water when it comes to screentime. The rest of the cast is not even past 100 mins yet.

[maryjanewatson]

Oh I'm happy to see that Clark's screen time is consistently so high.

no kidding! Unlike the 6th season, when lex and Lana got all the screen time, and Clark barely got any.

[BadToad]

Clark is blowing everyone out of the water when it comes to screentime. The rest of the cast is not even past 100 mins yet.

He usually does in each season. But his numbers are definitely an improvement over the last 2 seasons. By this time in S7, Clark's total was 125m, 29s, and in S6 it was 94m, 50s.

[Dobson]

Thanks BadToad. Always interesting to see how they are spreading out screen time.

[celita]

Thank you Badtoad, I was waiting to see the screentime of this episode.

[curiosity]

Thanks Badtoad once again.

This episode had the perfect balance of screen totals for each character, except Lois. I'd like to see her with more. IMO.

[SparkleforSmallville]

Thanks Badtoad, I loved seeing Clark interact with every Character in really quality scenes!

[ClarkyBoy14]

Thanks, BadToad! :)

I'm pleased with all of the screen time totals.

[Smallville6]

Woohoo! Go Clark and Lois!
I'm glad we finally got an episode with a little less Chloe- she's had sooo much screen time this year! I love Chloe, but it was starting to be too much! Plus her scenes in this eppy kicked but!
Thanks as usual BadToad, you rock!

[pink_ninja]

Thanks Badtoad!
I think this is the perfect amount of time for each character..

[AgentChaos]

Thanks!

You wouldn't happen to have the numbers for Wrath, would you?

[alejandrita439]

you rock BadToad :):)
thanks a lot for this :):)

[AgentChaos]

even though chloe is technically 2nd for the most screen time
i think it is lois who gets more and let me explain me:

whereas chloe has been in ALL the episodes, lois has not (albiet she has missed one), she is not that far off from chloe considering she hasnt been in all the episodes. someone who is 2nd in credits and overall screen times, but comparing it to loiss, idk it seems less to me

Actually Chloe has averaged about 12 minutes of screentime per ep, Lois has 11 minutes per ep.

[BadToad]

You wouldn't happen to have the numbers for Wrath, would you?

I do :)

Wrath, running time 41m, 20s

Clark 22m, 13s
Lex 9m, 10s
Lana 20m, -
Chloe 9m, 29s
Lois 6m, 14s
Lionel 2m, 23s

[AgentChaos]

I do :)

Wrath, running time 41m, 20s

Clark 22m, 13s
Lex 9m, 10s
Lana 20m, -
Chloe 9m, 29s
Lois 6m, 14s
Lionel 2m, 23s

Sweet :D

I was a little bored, so I figured out the average screentime per ep for each character through Identity:

Clark- 20m, 14s (7)
Chloe- 12m, 16s (7)
Lois- 11m, 36s (6)
Jimmy- 9m, 7s (5)
Tess- 8m, 1s (6)
Davis- 9m, 55s (3)
Oliver- 12m, 8s (4)

[smallvillerocks45]

Thank you BadToad for keeping us up to date on the screen time totals. It's really interesting.

[jwm]

Thanks, BT! :)


Maybe Toxic was an exception to that for a few reasons, but overall, I think all the characters are being used very well, and in a meaningful way. SV is notoriously bad at that, so I definitely think we're seeing a changed philosophy at work here.


Overall I agree too but I'm afraid Tess is heading towards getting shafted. She's getting some good scenes but she doesn't seem to really have an arc of her own yet and I'm kind of afraid the arc they're building is just going to fall apart. Maybe that's because I'm afraid with Lana on the horizon TPTB will lose focus and let everything fall apart. I hope not though.

I am glad that Chloe isn't completely outstripping all the other regulars because that's not the direction I wanted the show to take but at the same time... ugh, I kind of feel like as the only other actor on the show since the beginning AM deserves a higher average screen time than she's getting.

[BadToad]

I have a feeling that Chloe's numbers and averages are going to pick way up with the upcoming eps, so by midseason, you are going to see her far ahead of any of the other characters, save for Clark.

I wonder if Tess' storyline arc won't take more precedence in the back half of this season.

[geminis]

I have a feeling that Chloe's numbers and averages are going to pick way up with the upcoming eps, so I by midseason, you are going to see her far ahead of any of the other characters, save for Clark.

I wonder if Tess' storyline arc won't take more precedence in the back half of this season.

I have a sinking feeling that you're right. But as well as Tess, I think Lois will also be on the rise. Pretty please let Clark be on the up and up too. Accent on the UP.

[jwm]

I have a feeling that Chloe's numbers and averages are going to pick way up with the upcoming eps, so I by midseason, you are going to see her far ahead of any of the other characters, save for Clark.I'm not convinced her per episode average is going to go up that much. If anything she might be at a bit of a disadvantage since in non-Chloe centric episodes low screen times will drag her average down whereas when the other characters aren't central they might not be in the episode at all.


I wonder if Tess' storyline arc won't take more precedence in the back half of this season.I hope so and I hope the the team she's putting together is laying ground work for something really cool but they've already burned nearly half her episodes and Lex's 33.1 stuff never really seemed to pay-off.

It seems like Jimmy already had a decent arc with the Good Samaritan thing and he's only been in half as many episodes.

[DontCha]

wow, chloe was only in it for 5 minutes?

thats unusual

[sweetcheese]

Thanks BadToad! It´s always interesting to see how much screentime each character gets in an episode.

And thanks AC for giving us the per episode average. I was surprised to see that Oliver and Lois were so close behind Chloe.

[maryjanewatson]

do you have the screen time minutes for the first 4 episodes of season 6?

[The Krypton Knight]

I think these screen times are perfect. Clark and Lois SHOULD be leading the way, with Chloe and Oliver as secondary plots, IMO. More Clark in a show called SMALLVILLE is always a good thing!

Thanks BadToad!

[BadToad]

do you have the screen time minutes for the first 4 episodes of season 6?

I do. And I'll post them tonight, when I get home from work :)

[unfocused]

Thanks so much, BadToad. You rock.

Jimmy, Tess and Oliver are about equal, but Davis seems to be suffering. I guess he'll have lots more screen time after mid season, though.

I hope Lois reaches Chloe's numbers by that time and surpasses her by the end of the season. I'm happy we're getting so much Clark this year!

[BadToad]

As requested by maryjanewatson

Zod
Clark 17m, 51s
Lex 12m, 20s
Lana 9m, 41s
Chloe 6m, 54s
Lois 7m, 37s
Martha 8m, 36s
Lionel 4m, 53s
Jimmy 2m, 29s

Sneeze,
Clark 15m, 6s
Lex 13m, 57s
Lana 10m, 57s
Chloe 10m, 20s
Lois 6m, 36s
Oliver 3m, 30s
Martha 4m, 45s
Lionel 5m, 10s

Wither,
Clark 14m, 21s
Lex 8m, 34s
Lana 8m, 37s
Chloe 13m, 36s
Lois 8m, 26s
Oliver 7m, 19s
Martha 2m, 24s
Jimmy 7m, 40s

Arrow,
Clark 13m, 40s
Lex 5m, 16s
Lana 6m, 57s
Chloe 4m, 8s
Lois 14m, 36s
Oliver 18m, 30s
Martha 1m, 15s
Lionel 6m, 25s

:)

[eas]

Episode running time: 41m, 45s (the "previously on SV" took up 1m,3s of that time)


Clark 24m, 23s
Chloe 5m, 31s
Lois 13m, 20s
Jimmy 11m, 35s
Tess 4m, 29s
Oliver 6m, 36s



No wonder I liked this episode... Lois got the 2nd highest screen-time. I love it when I get more Lois. :)

[ginnyfan]

Wow. Chloe and Oliver made such an impact with such a small amount of time. Clark, Lois and Jimmy lead the pack. :D Very fun.

[maryjanewatson]

As requested by maryjanewatson

Zod
Clark 17m, 51s
Lex 12m, 20s
Lana 9m, 41s
Chloe 6m, 54s
Lois 7m, 37s
Martha 8m, 36s
Lionel 4m, 53s
Jimmy 2m, 29s

Sneeze,
Clark 15m, 6s
Lex 13m, 57s
Lana 10m, 57s
Chloe 10m, 20s
Lois 6m, 36s
Oliver 3m, 30s
Martha 4m, 45s
Lionel 5m, 10s

Wither,
Clark 14m, 21s
Lex 8m, 34s
Lana 8m, 37s
Chloe 13m, 36s
Lois 8m, 26s
Oliver 7m, 19s
Martha 2m, 24s
Jimmy 7m, 40s

Arrow,
Clark 13m, 40s
Lex 5m, 16s
Lana 6m, 57s
Chloe 4m, 8s
Lois 14m, 36s
Oliver 18m, 30s
Martha 1m, 15s
Lionel 6m, 25s

:)
Wow, really? Clark still came out at top, but it really didn't feel like it when I watch those episodes. Maybe it was because he didn't have any lines :}

Thanks for posting them! You're awesome :D

[AgentChaos]

For comparison purposes, here are the average screentimes through ep 7 of Season 6, 7, and 8:

Season 8:
Clark- 20m, 14s (7)
Chloe- 12m, 16s (7)
Lois- 11m, 36s (6)
Jimmy- 9m, 7s (5)
Tess- 8m, 1s (6)
Davis- 9m, 55s (3)
Oliver- 12m, 8s (4)

Season 7:
Clark- 17m, 55s (7)
Lex- 7m, 13s (7)
Lana- 7m, 48s (7)
Chloe- 8m, 59s (7)
Lois- 6m, 47s (4)
Kara- 12m, 54s (5)
Jimmy- 7m, 29s (3)
Lionel- 4m, 12s (4)

Season 6:
Clark- 16m, 13s (7)
Lex- 11m, 7s (7)
Lana- 8m, 5s (7)
Chloe- 7m, 42s (7)
Lois- 8m, 32s (6)
Oliver- 13m, 7s (5)

[oqllcksmallville]

Clark is blowing everyone out of the water when it comes to screentime. The rest of the cast is not even past 100 mins yet.
LOL , yeah i know ;; i'm so happy . = ) `
- Jimmy got more then 10 minutes !
OH HAPPPPPY DAAAYYY ! ( 8 )
.. i loved this episode so much , and that just made it for me !
Thanks BadToad , you know you rock ! ; )

[Animation]

TW must have a grueling schedule, and he has a lot of lines to learn!

Where do the numbers come from? I looked through the thread and maybe I missed it, but what is the source for the numbers?

Lewis

[BadToad]

Where do the numbers come from? I looked through the thread and maybe I missed it, but what is the source for the numbers?

The source for the numbers are the episodes. I rewatch the eps on my computer in media player, which has a timer at the bottom of the screen. Scenes for the characters are recorded from when they enter the scene, to when they exit or the scene ends. Once those times are recorded for each character, I add them together, and reach a screen total for each individual. I have all the numbers from S3 to the present time. And I do intend to go back and do S1 & S2 when time, and life, allows. :)

[Animation]

WOW. You do them manually?

Thanks x 100 then!

Lewis

[oqllcksmallville]

Damn BadToad ,
you sure do go to a lot of work to get this stuff done .
thanks <3
- but yeah ,
did i mention ? JIMMY GOT MORE THEN 10 MINUTES . = D

[Ellsbury]

Thanks for these numbers!

Clark, Chloe and Lois are definitely Smallville's new BIG THREE.<o> :p</o>