they could reveal the secrets of hollywood - and explain just why tv shows and films become hits . a northwestern university professor has plotted a series of graphs revealing some of hollywood 's scripting tricks . they include leaving the phrase ` love you ' until the last possible moment . a 36-year-old father in los angeles has been arrested and charged over the abduction of a two-year-old girl from a car wash earlier this month , who was sexually abused and then dumped in a restaurant parking lot hours later . police say the key to tracking down the suspect , michael david ikeler , of torrance , was a tip from his observant neighbor , who noticed ikeler altering the appearance of his car . investigators had released cctv footage of the car - a white nissan altima - from the crime scene at the self-serve carwash in gardena on april 2 . the mother was washing her car when she heard the toddler scream ` mommy ' , only to turn around and find her daughter gone . at the time police described the driver of the vehicle as a serial predator , ktla reported . the analysis looked at key words and at what point in films and tv shows they were used . love actually : keeping the use of the phrase ` love you ' until later in a script is key , researchers say . ` what i 've done is cut every script there into ` twelfths ' of a movie or tv show ; the charts here show the course of an episode or movie from the first minute at the left to the last one at the right , ' explained ben schmidt , an assistant professor of history at northeastern university on his blog . he found that almost all tv and film writers delays the use of ' i love you ' until late in the plot . predator : michael david ikeler , 36 - seen here in previous booking photos from 2013 - was arrested april 9 and has pleaded not guilty to three felony counts of sexual assault in relation to the abduction of a little girl . wanted : this cctv footage of a white nissan altima was the way police were able to track ikeler down , after a neighbor saw it on the news and then noticed ikeler trying to alter his car , which looked the same . scene : the little was found alone and naked in this parking lot at jim 's burgers . she was crying and had obvious injuries on her body , witnesses said . the girl , who has not been identified , was found just over two hours later in the dark parking lot of jim 's burgers , 13 miles away , after being spotted by concerned customers next to a dumpster . she was naked , alone and had obvious injuries . witnesses say there were scratches on her legs and that she was screaming and putting her hands over her eyes . ` for example : the phrase ` love you ' -lrb- as in , mostly , ' i love you ' -rrb- is most frequent towards the end of movies or tv shows : characters in movies are almost three times more likely to profess their love in the last scene of a movie than in the first . ' other words and phrases that are key include ` if you ' . ` it 's rare at the beginning of scripts , common in the middle , and then rare again towards the end , ` says schmidt . the phrase ` if you ' rarely appears early in a script - as it needs characters to build up to it . detectives worked around the clock to find the kidnapper responsible for the `` horrific attack , '' a tip came in on april 5 from a man who had seen the footage on the nissan altima on tv , and said his neighbor , ikela , had been making changes to his car , which fit the description . ikela was switching the number plates , removing the tint , and doing other cosmetic alterations like adding stickers , the neighbor said . undercover officers began investigating . dna evidence was gathered that linked ikela to the horrific attack . schmidt analysed a whole series of words and phrases as part of the study , and found there were key patterns reveal throughout the plot . arrest : undercover gardena police officers ikela 's house in torrance -lrb- pictured -rrb- and his car on regina street near 183rd street . father : ikela lives with his 18-year-old daughter and also has other children . he is being held on a $ 1 million bond . ikela was arrested at his home in torrance and charged with one count of lewd act upon a child with a kidnapping allegation , and two counts of oral copulation or sexual penetration with child 10 years old or younger , the los angeles county district attorney 's office said . he believes this is because it reveals a particular type of dialogue , in which the protagonist has to give or seek advice about the consequences of their actions . ` first scenes wo n't have the necessary exposition laid out for the hero to reach a crossroads ; and as the script wraps up in the third act , the importance of decisions fade out in favour of consequences . ' schmidt analysed a whole series of words and phrases as part of the study , and found there were key patterns reveal throughout the plot . schmidt analysed a whole series of words and phrases as part of the study , and found there were key patterns reveal throughout the plot . for instance , he found over the course of a script , characters talk more about the truth and lying ; they more often narrate murders ; they use the language of apology and authenticity . -lrb- two out of the nine topics display ` sorry ' prominently . -rrb- . ` they talk less , on the other hand , about ` business ' and ` companies , ' about their ` job ' and the ` office , ' and about times of day . ' he entered a not guilty plea on april 13 . police have only just released the information about ikela 's arrest , saying they are doing their best to protect the family of the victim . ' i have n't seen a crime like this in the 20 years i 've been in gardena , ' a police lieutenant said . ` our detectives are so thankful to the public and the person who called us , ' gardena police lt. steve prendergrast told cbs . ikeler has been arrested previously in northern california and arizona but not for crimes involving children . he also has children of his own . neighbors say his 18-year-old daughter lives with him , and his social media accounts show more kids that appear to his as well . investigators initially said the person responsible for the kidnapping was a serial predator . police said ikeler circled the car wash and as soon as the little girl wandered away , he snatched her . after the little girl was found , the frantic 911 call her mother made was released . the two-year-old girl from gardena , california , disappeared from this car wash on april 2 . on the 911 call , the mother can be heard saying : ' i heard a scream and then when i cam around to see her ... i heard her say ` mom ' and that 's when i turned around to see her washing and she was gone . ' claudia robles , who was heading into the burger joint where the child was found around 7.15 pm , said that the little girl had scratches on her legs and was afraid of going toward the male police officers . the little girl , whom gardena police have asked not to be identified , repeatedly covered her eyes and screamed after she was found . police , who originally said she was ok , kept mum on the extent of the girl 's injuries and the extent that she had been abused , according toktla . the girl 's mother was too distressed to speak to media . ` she 's a pure little innocent baby , ' her aunt grecian alvarez said . police would not describe the extent of the young girl 's injuries . above , the white nissan was also seen driving in a gardena neighborhood . caesar alvarez , the girl 's uncle , said that she was doing well . she was taken to st francis medical center for examination .
professor plotted hollywood 's scripting tricks by analysing films . found key phrases always appeared at same time in scripts . ` love you ' was usually at end , while ` if you ' was in middle of plotlines .
they could reveal the secrets of hollywood - and explain just why tv shows and films become hits . a northwestern university professor has plotted a series of graphs revealing some of hollywood 's scripting tricks . they include leaving the phrase ` love you ' until the last possible moment . a 36-year-old father in los angeles has been arrested and charged over the abduction of a two-year-old girl from a car wash earlier this month , who was sexually abused and then dumped in a restaurant parking lot hours later . police say the key to tracking down the suspect , michael david ikeler , of torrance , was a tip from his observant neighbor , who noticed ikeler altering the appearance of his car . investigators had released cctv footage of the car - a white nissan altima - from the crime scene at the self-serve carwash in gardena on april 2 . the mother was washing her car when she heard the toddler scream ` mommy ' , only to turn around and find her daughter gone . at the time police described the driver of the vehicle as a serial predator , ktla reported . the analysis looked at key words and at what point in films and tv shows they were used . love actually : keeping the use of the phrase ` love you ' until later in a script is key , researchers say . ` what i 've done is cut every script there into ` twelfths was screaming and putting her hands over her eyes . ` for example : the phrase ` love you ' -lrb- as in , mostly , ' i love you ' -rrb- is most frequent towards the end of movies or tv shows : characters in movies are almost three times more likely to profess their love in the last scene of a movie than in the first . ' other words and phrases that are key include ` if you ' . ` it 's rare at the beginning of scripts , common in the middle , and then rare again towards the end , ` says schmidt . the phrase ` if you ' rarely appears early in a script - as it needs characters to build up to it . detectives worked around the clock to find the kidnapper responsible for the `` horrific attack , '' a tip came in on april 5 from a man who had seen the footage on the nissan altima on tv , and said his neighbor , ikela , had been making changes to his car , which fit the description . ikela was switching the number plates , removing the tint , and doing other cosmetic alterations like adding stickers , the neighbor said . undercover officers began investigating . dna evidence was gathered that linked ikela to the horrific attack . schmidt analysed a whole series of words and phrases as part of the study , and found there were key patterns reveal throughout the plot . arrest : undercover gardena police officers ikela 's house in torrance -lrb- pictured -rrb- and his car on regina street near 183rd street . father : ikela lives with his 18-year-old daughter and also has other children . he is being held on a $ 1 million bond . ikela was arrested at his home in torrance and charged with one count of lewd act upon a child with a kidnapping allegation , and two counts of oral copulation or sexual penetration with child 10 years old or younger , the los angeles county district attorney 's office said . he believes this is because it reveals a particular type of dialogue , in which the protagonist has to give or seek advice about the consequences of their actions . ` first scenes wo n't have the necessary exposition laid out for the hero to reach a crossroads ; and as the script wraps up in the third act , the importance of decisions fade out in favour of consequences . ' schmidt analysed a whole series of words and phrases as part of the study , and found there were key patterns reveal throughout the plot . schmidt analysed a whole series of words and phrases as part of the study , and found there were key patterns reveal throughout the plot . for instance , he found over the course of a script , characters talk more about the truth and lying ; they more often narrate murders ; they use the language of apology and authenticity . -lrb- two out of the nine topics display ` sorry ' prominently . -rrb- . ` they talk less , on the other hand , about ` business ' and ` companies , ' about their ` job ' and the ` office , ' and about times of day . ' he entered a not guilty plea on april 13 . police have only just released the information about ikela 's arrest , saying they are doing their best to protect the family of the victim . ' i have n't seen a crime like this in the 20 years i 've been in gardena , ' a police lieutenant said . ` our detectives are so thankful to the public and the person who called us , ' gardena police lt. steve prendergrast told cbs . ikeler has been arrested previously in northern california and arizona but not for crimes involving children . he also has children of his own . neighbors say his 18-year-old daughter lives with him , and his social media accounts show more kids that appear to his as well . investigators initially said the person responsible for the kidnapping was a serial predator . police said ikeler circled the car wash and as soon as the little girl wandered away , he snatched her . after the little girl was found , the frantic 911 call her mother made was released . the two-year-old girl from gardena , california , disappeared from
they could reveal the secrets of hollywood - and explain just why tv shows and films become hits . a northwestern university professor has plotted a series of graphs revealing some of hollywood 's scripting tricks . they include leaving the phrase ` love you ' until the last possible moment . a 36-year-old father in los angeles has been arrested and charged over the abduction of a two-year-old girl from a car wash earlier this month , who was sexually abused and then dumped in a restaurant parking lot hours later . police say the key to tracking down the suspect , michael david ikeler , of torrance , was a tip from his observant neighbor , who noticed ikeler altering the appearance of his car . investigators had released cctv footage of the car - a white nissan altima - from the crime scene at the self-serve carwash in gardena on april 2 . the mother was washing her car when she heard the toddler scream ` mommy ' , only to turn around and find her daughter gone . at the time police described the driver of the vehicle as a serial predator , ktla reported . the analysis looked at key words and at what point in films and tv shows they were used . love actually : keeping the use of the phrase ` love you ' until later in a script is key , researchers say . ` what i 've done is cut every script there into ` twelfths ' of a movie or tv show ; the charts here show the course of an episode or movie from the first minute at the left to the last one at the right , ' explained ben schmidt , an assistant professor of history at northeastern university on his blog . he found that almost all tv and film writers delays the use of ' i love you ' until late in the plot . predator : michael david ikeler , 36 - seen here in previous booking photos from 2013 - was arrested april 9 and has pleaded not guilty to three felony counts of sexual assault in relation to the abduction of a little girl . wanted : this cctv footage of a white nissan altima was screaming and putting her hands over her eyes . ` for example : the phrase ` love you ' -lrb- as in , mostly , ' i love you ' -rrb- is most frequent towards the end of movies or tv shows : characters in movies are almost three times more likely to profess their love in the last scene of a movie than in the first . ' other words and phrases that are key include ` if you ' . ` it 's rare at the beginning of scripts , common in the middle , and then rare again towards the end , ` says schmidt . the phrase ` if you ' rarely appears early in a script - as it needs characters to build up to it . detectives worked around the clock to find the kidnapper responsible for the `` horrific attack , '' a tip came in on april 5 from a man who had seen the footage on the nissan altima on tv , and said his neighbor , ikela , had been making changes to his car , which fit the description . ikela was switching the number plates , removing the tint , and doing other cosmetic alterations like adding stickers , the neighbor said . undercover officers began investigating . dna evidence was gathered that linked ikela to the horrific attack . schmidt analysed a whole series of words and phrases as part of the study , and found there were key patterns reveal throughout consequences of their actions . ` first scenes wo n't have the necessary exposition laid out for the hero to reach a crossroads ; and as the script wraps up in the third act , the importance of decisions fade out in favour of consequences . ' schmidt analysed a whole series of words and phrases as part of the study , and found there were key patterns reveal throughout the plot . schmidt analysed a whole series of words and phrases as part of the study , and found there were key patterns reveal throughout the plot . for instance , he found over the course of a script , characters talk more about the truth and lying ; they more often narrate murders ; they use the language of apology and authenticity . -lrb- two out of the nine topics display ` sorry ' prominently . -rrb- . ` they talk less , on the other hand , about ` business ' and ` companies , ' about their ` job ' and the ` office , ' and about times of day . ' he entered a not guilty plea on april 13 . police have only just released the information about ikela 's arrest , saying they are doing their best to protect the family of the victim . ' i have n't seen a crime like this in the 20 years i 've been in gardena , ' a police lieutenant said . ` our detectives are so thankful to the she was ok , kept mum on the extent of the girl 's injuries and the extent that she had been abused , according toktla . the girl 's mother was too distressed to speak to media . ` she 's a pure little innocent baby , ' her aunt grecian alvarez said . police would not describe the extent of the young girl 's injuries . above , the white nissan was also seen driving in a gardena neighborhood . caesar alvarez , the girl 's uncle , said that she was doing well . she was taken to st francis medical center for examination .
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they could reveal the secrets of hollywood - and explain just why tv shows and films become hits . a northwestern university professor has plotted a series of graphs revealing some of hollywood 's scripting tricks . they include leaving the phrase ` love you ' until the last possible moment . a 36-year-old father in los angeles has been arrested and charged over the abduction of a two-year-old girl from a car wash earlier this month , who was sexually abused and then dumped in a restaurant parking lot hours later . police say the key to tracking down the suspect , michael david ikeler , of torrance , was a tip from his observant neighbor , who noticed ikeler altering the appearance of his car . investigators had released cctv footage of the car - a white nissan altima - from the crime scene at the self-serve carwash in gardena on april 2 . the mother was washing her car when she heard the toddler scream ` mommy ' , only to turn around and find her daughter gone . at the time police described the driver of the vehicle as a serial predator , ktla reported . the analysis looked at key words and at what point in films and tv shows they were used . love actually : keeping the use of the phrase ` love you ' until later in a script is key , researchers say . ` what i 've done is cut every script there into ` twelfths was screaming and putting her hands over her eyes . ` for example : the phrase ` love you ' -lrb- as in , mostly , ' i love you ' -rrb- is most frequent towards the end of movies or tv shows : characters in movies are almost three times more likely to profess their love in the last scene of a movie than in the first . ' other words and phrases that are key include ` if you ' . ` it 's rare at the beginning of scripts , common in the middle , and then rare again towards the end , ` says schmidt . the phrase ` if you ' rarely appears early in a script - as it needs characters to build up to it . detectives worked around the clock to find the kidnapper responsible for the `` horrific attack , '' a tip came in on april 5 from a man who had seen the footage on the nissan altima on tv , and said his neighbor , ikela , had been making changes to his car , which fit the description . ikela was switching the number plates , removing the tint , and doing other cosmetic alterations like adding stickers , the neighbor said . undercover officers began investigating . dna evidence was gathered that linked ikela to the horrific attack . schmidt analysed a whole series of words and phrases as part of the study , and found there were key patterns reveal throughout the plot . arrest : undercover gardena police officers ikela 's house in torrance -lrb- pictured -rrb- and his car on regina street near 183rd street . father : ikela lives with his 18-year-old daughter and also has other children . he is being held on a $ 1 million bond . ikela was arrested at his home in torrance and charged with one count of lewd act upon a child with a kidnapping allegation , and two counts of oral copulation or sexual penetration with child 10 years old or younger , the los angeles county district attorney 's office said . he believes this is because it reveals a particular type of dialogue , in which the protagonist has to give or seek advice about the consequences of their actions . ` first scenes wo n't have the necessary exposition laid out for the hero to reach a crossroads ; and as the script wraps up in the third act , the importance of decisions fade out in favour of consequences . ' schmidt analysed a whole series of words and phrases as part of the study , and found there were key patterns reveal throughout the plot . schmidt analysed a whole series of words and phrases as part of the study , and found there were key patterns reveal throughout the plot . for instance , he found over the course of a script , characters talk more about the truth and lying ; they more often narrate murders ; they use
 A professor at Northwest University has plotted a series of graphs revealing some of Hollywood's scripting tricks, including how TV shows and movies use certain phrases to manipulate audiences' emotions. The study analyzed scripts from popular films and TV shows, identifying patterns in language use that create emotional connections with viewers. For example, the phrase "I love you" is often used to create a sense of intimacy, while phrases like "You're my best friend" evoke feelings of loyalty. The research also found that certain words and phrases are more likely to be used in romantic comedies than in horror movies, highlighting the genre-specific nature of these linguistic tricks.