Ready Player One Movie Barcode

2018 · dir. Denis Villeneuve · 139 min · 1.78:1 · sci-fi

Blue / Teal palette · Dark · 320 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 139 minutes of Ready Player One 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 Denis Villeneuve in 2018 and framed at 1.78:1, the sci-fi palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.