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  "id": "scene-length-2026-11-v1",
  "study": "S1",
  "title": "How long are screenplay scenes?",
  "area": "Script Intelligence",
  "type": "Original quantitative study",
  "edition": "1.0",
  "status": "published",
  "published_at": "2026-11-04T17:20:17.576Z",
  "source_release": "anatomy-of-a-produced-screenplay-2026-11-v6",
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  "baseline_release": "anatomy-of-a-produced-screenplay-2026-09-v5",
  "source_cutoff": "2026-09-20",
  "extraction_method": "1.6",
  "eligibility_protocol": "S1-QA-3",
  "engine_sha256": "35d97ae7695f31beb1d33e056f5597a65905f96013f3b51d61a6d681555b2fbe",
  "input_n": 428,
  "source_eligible_n": 427,
  "eligible_n": 344,
  "scene_numeric_records_n": 46691,
  "genre_cell_floor": 20,
  "unit": "One script median in modelled pages; equal script weights",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
  "canonical_url": "https://www.theprelist.io/research/scene-length/versions/scene-length-2026-11-v1",
  "analysis_file": "analysis/analyse.py",
  "input_manifest": "inputs/manifest.json",
  "reviewed_by": "Codex: source and independent numerical review; publication authorised by Dylian on 4 November 2026",
  "review_scope": "Internal automated and agent-led source review; not external academic peer review.",
  "last_review": "2026-11-04",
  "next_review": "2027-02-04",
  "maintenance": "Review quarterly and when source, method or material errors change. Publish a new immutable edition for data or methodological changes, with an impact comparison; never replace the files of an existing edition. No automatic data refresh.",
  "note": "First published edition after method 1.6 correction and S1-QA-3 screening. No new source scripts. Unpublished drafts remain archived internally.",
  "source_fields": [
    "median_scene_eighths",
    "mean_scene_eighths",
    "scenes",
    "measurement_flags",
    "parse_confidence",
    "primary_genre",
    "year",
    "source_sha256"
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}
