Once Movie Barcode

2007 · dir. John Carney · 85 min · 1.85:1 · romance

Red / Amber palette · Balanced · 320 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 85 minutes of Once 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 John Carney in 2007 and framed at 1.85:1, the romance palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.