The Grinch Movie Barcode

2018 · dir. Yarrow Cheney · 85 min · 1.85:1 · animation

Violet / Magenta palette · Balanced · 322 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 85 minutes of The Grinch 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 Yarrow Cheney in 2018 and framed at 1.85:1, the animation palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.