Movie Barcodes: The Colors of Pixar

Movie Barcodes: The Colors of Pixar

Movie Barcodes are the entire frames of a film compressed into a barcode.

Below are barcodes for Pixar’s films.

Look at Finding Nemo vs. Ratatouille: Do you see the difference in the bright sea colors of one film as opposed to the richer earth tones of the other?

Stuff to note: 

  • the overall color scheme
  • when a particular segment takes place
  • the emotional journey through the film

There is a myriad of ways to take in a movie barcode and use it as an alternate means of studying a particular film. Take your time absorbing Pixar’s repertoire then search online for other barcodes.

Toy Story (1995)
Toy Story (1995)

A Bug's Life (1998)
A Bug's Life (1998)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Toy Story 2 (1999)

Monsters Inc. (2001)
Monsters Inc. (2001)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Finding Nemo (2003)

The Incredibles (2004)
The Incredibles (2004)

Cars (2006)
Cars (2006)
Ratatouille (2007)
Ratatouille (2007)

WALL·E (2008)
WALL·E (2008)
Can you determine at what point the story moves from the garbage-filled Earth and off into space? It’s a pretty clear distinction between color schemes.

Up (2009)
Up (2009)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Toy Story 3 (2010)

Cars 2 (2011)
Cars 2 (2011)

Brave (2012)
Brave (2012)
Monster's University (2013)
Monster's University (2013)
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