My Neighbors Yamadas Movie Barcode

1999 · dir. Isao Takahata · 121 min · 1.85:1 · animation

Amber / Gold palette · Balanced · 321 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 121 minutes of My Neighbors Yamadas 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 Isao Takahata in 1999 and framed at 1.85:1, the animation palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.