500 Days Movie Barcode

1984 · dir. J. Halvorsen · 105 min · 1.66:1 · drama

Blue / Amber palette · Balanced · 328 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 105 minutes of 500 Days into a single image: every shot is averaged to one colour and laid down as a vertical stripe, left to right, opening frame to end credits. Directed by J. Halvorsen in 1984 and framed at 1.66:1, the drama palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.