Coin Operated - Animated Short Film
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- Опубліковано 12 лис 2018
- Written & Directed by Nicholas Arioli
"Coin Operated" is an award-winning 5 minute animated short film that spans 70 years in the life of one naive explorer. This film was proudly made by independent artists.
Facebook - / coinoperatedfilm
Contact - twoghostsfilms@gmail.com
Official Selection: AFI Fest 2017, TIFF Kids 2018, Hamptons Film Fest 2017, San Francisco Film Fest 2018, Mill Valley Film Fest 2018
Winner, Best Short Animation: Rhode Island Intl Film Fest 2017, Pittsburgh Film Fest 2017, At&T Film Awards 2017
Winner, Audience Award: Palm Springs Intl Short Fest 2017, Naples Intl Film Fest 2017, Brooklyn Film Fest 2017 - Фільми й анімація
Anyone else notice how in the last frame when the ship is flying over the clouds that he's a kid again?
I guess it makes him a kid again! (or he feels like it) ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I saw it too
Great observation. I guess that if we never give up on our dreams we will never age!
Good eye :), that is only visible for 2 frames of animation, or 1/12th of a second!
Well my interpretation of it was that he only dreamt it all up as a kid. When he got off the toy, he imagined himself working hard and long throughout his life until one day he'd empty it all to launch off in the spaceship! So the whole film didn't really span decades, it covers only a timespan of about 5 minutes that he spent fantasizing about his childhood! I think it's all the more plausible since the film begins with fantasizing as well :)
His mom just ditches him lol
used to be, you could do that. time changes things, not always for the better.
Lol
Yeah
Yup 😝
She was probably going to a adoption facility because he was into space to much...
Bro really stood there for 60+ years with his eyes opened, what a legend.
👏
Such a cool opinion 🙏😮💨
He probably went to a mrbeast challange
That is amazing 🤩
i know that what A legend
Worthy of the winning award movie title, it was one of the great 5 minutes in my life. The man worked hard, he dreamt big and he achieved his dream. In my opinion, the film is not a moral lesson about working hard or money’s power, but the importance of having a goal/dream in our life, the one that motivate us to move forward, to live another day, and to pursue our own happiness. By the way, his disappointed face when he first tried the rocket spring rider was priceless, such a pure innocent look (and a little cute) when he found out the reality does not like his expectation, we all have been there, right:)?. That’s all for my amateur critics, peace.
Well said. Period.
These 5 minutes never forget in my life..
hell nah bro this corny asl
When we're kids, We dream of growing up and reaching the stars, but in the end, we spend our whole lives working, wishing for one chance to be a kid again.
some people are lucky enough to not have a fully realized dream, and spend their childhood wondering what their purpose is, only to realize years later, they are content with what they have achieved
when i was a kid, i wanted to be a writer. it hasn't happened yet, but i have 60-70 years left, and yet, im happy with the life i have
@@spooderman6312 I look back at my 55 years and think "My god, all that shit really happened?" and every day (even the bad ones) is a bonus.
That’s really true
@@spooderman6312 time isn’t guaranteed remember that .
Don't let to die the child inside you....
While he was selling lemonade I thought he was saving for a science degree so he could actually go to space D:
work smart...why work hard...lol
I thought so to. Who no’s he could be going to NASA so he could go to outer space and he could complete his goals to go to outer space
@@joereding286 nah, didn't u see him flying with his own 5$ rocket?? He already became an astronaut by himself, built his own space suit, AND HIS OWN HELMET!
Dude he dies at the end XD
But it wasn't
As a 20 year veteran of hand-drawn animation with the various greats in the industry I know my onions and this is a masterful bit of story telling thanks to Nicholas & 2 Ghosts.
What programs do you use to create such movies?
Who's ghosts are they of?
"I know my onions" is a greatly underused expression in the English language!
@@colin1321, cheers for that Mr Colin, having said all that, I wonder what it's origins are?
Have a very nice and chilled wocken ende mein herr.
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I think it's a nice and funny animation. The color platy is well chosen, but the frame rate of the movie is low, so it is tiring on the eyes. The message the movie wants to convey is thought-provoking. Never, ever give up on your dreams.
I think it's a good animation. He advises children to dream and strive to realize their dreams.
Even you get older or tired but never give up.That's not important.Dreams are very important for our lifes.İf you don't give up,one day,you'll reach your dreams.
I thougt this is a good short film. I understood this film if we have never given up ours dream we can do them so we must constantly work to make it happen
@UCaMYV6Gx314xDMNQ8n7NKfA totally agree with you, I pitied for him
And that kids, is how the Apollo mission really happened
Hahahaha
69 likes
XD
Kid:THEN HOW DID THE OTHER 2 GET TO SPACE??
@@ryeonkyle8479 they are hiding in the roket ride
The price of lemons never increased.
Steve20127 nor did the rides price
E v e r
Child doesn’t consider inflation while imaginating*
Only 4 people of the 1k respond lol
Or the fact that ride was still there and functional during his lifetime. I know this story is more symbolic then literal, but still.
i'm a senior year screenwriting student whos feeling very, very burnt-out and impassionate about screenwriting. however, i was reminded of this short that i saw at the pittsburgh shorts festival in 2018. it made me emotional and inspired then, and it just reminded me why i love to make movies now.
Thanks for the comment Julianna, sorry it took me a while to reply. I go through the same cycle, and sometimes feel burnt-out and over it myself. It's always the work of others that reminds me of my original, pure love of film, and gets me re-inspired. So glad I could pay that forward a little. Hope you'll return the favor one day with your own movie :)
Hmmm, that ending in the clouds and him as a kid... he went to heaven alright.
Yeah *sniff sniff*
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Sad
Yeah! I think so too. But we never know what lies beyond this life! Maybe he is now exploring space without having to go to Uni and NASA training....without even a suit! I like to think that our dreams will come true. God made us, so he gave us our dreams too, as a promise!
@@rashmishukla1022 كج
*And his mom never came out out of that grocery store again..*
Holy crap yea
Its his mom turn to buy the milk
yep buying some milk
I laughed way harder than I should've had
thats tough bro his parents DID NOT love him
I imagine he died of disappointment when the ride doesn't go to the moon. But when he dies (while sitting in the ride) his young soul travels to the moon.
when the rocket launched i got instant goosebumps...such a powerful animated film
For happy content youtube.com/@BeYou-BeAlive
I love how his last ride still brought the kid out of him... a lifetime later
Did u seen till the very end
?
Nice
look also at this animation ua-cam.com/video/UtOvI5COsaY/v-deo.html
@@anoopnair4723 you
I guess he had two rides.
Get it?
Cuz- Cuz he had a ride of his life
And-
Y'know what i ruined the moment :/
I think that the old man is really blasting off to heaven
*Just my theory*
Erica Yu dangit you commented my theory before me
Or lol your theory to be exact
same
aaaaaaaaawwweeee nooooooooo
ya ruined itttt!!!!
A FILM THEORY
Definitely the most heartwarming animation I've ever seen. Well done!
For those who take it literally, this is a metaphor of our life, how we spend some time in our childhood bored, and ending up wanting to go back there in the end.
Yeah sure
*i think it’s sad how people have to work there whole life just for one dream and never achieve it*
That is what this video meant...
IKR..
I don't think it's sad, I think it's just human nature, to work towards the never arriving tomorrow. Working towards that one dream and never losing hope till the last breath actually sounds quite inspiring to me, even if, it's not achieved.
@@ermina4396 ya it's human nature and that's sad.
Most people have that experience because they try to do it by themselves for themselves. Collaborate and shave years off the process and achieve multiple goals. Its probably better to have realistic goals. I felt like that old guy before launch when I realized we never went to the moon. 90% of what we "know" about space is a fantasy just like him flying away in a coin operated rocket ship. This video was great though.
This is one of those things that makes me wish there was a “love” button instead of a “like” button.
there literally is one on your comment.
like)
Well... just hit the like button twice!
possibly the only amazing cgi short ive seen. made me cry as a nine year old. holds a place in my heart.
How moving this film is. It is so metaphoric of the hardships of our lives in the pursuit of our dreams... provided we do not lose sight of them as we grow up.
Many many thanks for this beautiful work. Happy new Year to all (Joëlle from Paris).
Okay, I think my eyes peed a little.
Thats a new one😂
RavenCrow mine peed too......
I think I have some sorta medical condition.....
So you two cried
Yeah probably
My eyes are well hydrated, I think the eyes peed clear pee.
The moral of the story is, as a child we all dream of reaching for the moon & stars. As we grow up we have to deal with life objectives or responsibilitys that get in the way of us living are child hood dream. Work hard never give up become successful & no matter how old you get, Live out your childhood dream people. One life to live we all have. let's enjoy before we all check out. Much love to all. RESPECT...
But why did he turn into a child again?
Thanks. I can now use this comment for my English assignment 😂😂❤
@@cutiepie77390 Because he is a senile old man
You are way off...
He wasted his life.... He spent his whole life selling lemonade just to throw away ALL his lifetime earnings on a coin-operated ride, & his senility made him to believe that it actually took off & left scorch marks behind...
the senility also made him feel like a child again when it began moving.
@@aaliyabatool587 It's two of us!! :)
every child has big dreams and they want to realize them, some of them realize them, others live and become their dreams without realizing them, but the main thing is that you should keep working for your dreams, no matter what this short film tells
I watched this when it just came out, and today I found it-
This is so nostalgic
I think this is a metaphor. He wasn’t actually selling lemonade for the rest of his life. It showed that he always had hoped to go to the moon but he never had. Then when he dies he blast off to the moon with the spirit of when he was a child. Edit: also I don’t think his mom ditched him I think all this just represents his life and how he moved into his own house and didn’t live with his mom anymore.
wow that does kinda make sense
_Shikadai it no h
Well said
Or he worked everyday of his life to finally reach where he wanted to go. So his work payed off
_Shikadai i think that’s the intention of the movie and quite obvious, but still can’t disagree
You need money to reach your dreams. Busloads of it. Life is coin operated.
F off no it ain't well not exactly
Honestly it do be like that
Exactly
"Life is coin operated", this is so sadly true
Although you need Knowledge inorder to reach your dreams too
he took i dont have a life to whole new level
🤣🤣🤣😭
꿈을 향해서 평생 노력하고 행동하는 감동적인 영화네요.
정말 이렇게 살고 있는 분들이 있습니다.
Stop using logic when watching this masterpiece,
This's art, it has it's own value, it has story
Story: Child becomes a literal neckbeard, selling lemonade for meager sums, with the hopes that a coin operated ride will take him to space instead of studying and working hard to become an actual astronaut. /end
What’s the lesson here? That you can chase pipe dreams as long as you have the money to do so?
The animation is just a repackaging of tacky, all-american, work-hard-n-save-up, follow your dreams BS.
YllwMonky456 not really lol
YllwMonky456 haven’t you read the commenter of this thread? When interpreting art, you do not use logic or apply our reality into it’s context, it is an enigma on its own.
@@YllwMonky456 its a metaphor... At the end when hes a kid he died and feels like a kid again
Isn’t his mom worried that he has been gone for like 70 years or something
thats what i was thinking
Goly SA they r only gone for like 60 days or a month
No it was a dream I think cuz at the end of the movie he was kid, and rocket ships cant do that
he did go home everyday at least to shower or something his clothes are constantly changing.
Ui
Was beautiful to watch on a 32:9 screen - finally someone who knows how to upload in the native aspect ratio.
It really shows how mutch motivation you have in one thing. And I liked how he stood there like 70 years making lemon to chase he's dreams.
When life gives you lemons, fly a rocket ship!
Yup escape Earth while you can!
You guys getting lemons?
@@jonaseggen2230 Yep. I need it to...Never mind
When life gives you lemons, don't fly a rocket ship! Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager!
Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I'm the man whose gonna burn your house down - with the lemons!
@@JohnGrahamDoe Darn you Cave Johnson!
I interpreted it this way. The whole story happened in the mind of the kid after the first disappointing 5¢ ride. That's why the price of lemonade never changed and he was assessing how many years and 5¢s it'd take for him to actually go that distant. He could only think of lemonade stand as the only way to earn money atm. It just represented his passion, will and drive to fly to the moon. This is a brilliant display of a child's vivid imagination.
Thanks for making it. :)
Если бы у него действительно было богатое воображение, он бы сразу вообразил, что летит на Луну и ему не пришлось бы представлять всю свою дальнейшую жизнь.
You are stupid and you wrong
Андрей Я , мне кажется, он как раз это и вообразил - как он в итоге все равно полетит на Луну.
Во-первых, всю жизнь продавать лимонад - это явно не то, чем займется нормальный человек (и не то, чем можно заработать на пропитание). Но в детском воображении это представляется как достойный способ заработка. Ок. Во-вторых, только ребенок может верить, что игровая ракета взлетит. И в-третьих, в финале на ракете выше облаков взлетает мальчик, а не старик. Из всего этого напрашивается вывод, что вся эта история произошла в воображении ребенка.
А вот почему он сразу не вообразил себе полет на Луну, а представил, как он копит мелочь до старости... наверное, потому, что одна из идей мультика состояла в том, что все в мире приводится в движение деньгами.
Bravo! The best explanation provided. Agree.
numb fuck you he had a great explanation
I think the boy was a dreamer and every scene after seeing the coin operated machine was just only his dream😊
I love this film it has a heart warming conclusion and the songs rally match his emotion.
I hope and pray that it only FELT like he was selling lemonade for that long.
I think it’s just a metaphor for how some people end up working the same job their whole life just to get enough money to fulfill their dreams/desires. It could’ve been another job like a cashier at a gas station or something.
That's what I'm saying man, LOL. XD
@@Pain420 That's beautiful!!
look also at this animation ua-cam.com/video/UtOvI5COsaY/v-deo.html
It’s sad that he didn’t get to be an astronaut, he worked so hard and he didn’t get to achieve his dream
Stop imagination and join NASA today!!!
its not that easy bro
And let's save Mr. Stark
Yea I thought it was a success story with the kid studied hard and joined NASA, and when he returned Earth after his first mission, the first thing he did was to ride the toy machine again.
Like i am gonna get accepted
杨编
I loved this!!! Thank you ❤
2:38 he grew up so fast
When life gives you lemons
You spent the rest of your life selling lemonade to save up and go to space.
Edit: Thanks for all the likes!
And later die case you didn't have the right stuff for space
Later he died HE NEEDS A FRICKING OXIGEN TANK
I hate to be that guy but... *Spend
u make lemonade haha
Legend says that mom hasn't returned from the grocery store yet 😂
😂
😅😂
The mom was in a hurry for a hook up
Didn’t ask
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Great storyline that carried the audience the full say to the moon. Thank you for creating and sharing.
Lots of twists and turns - great storyline with lots of lessons. Thanks for creating and sharing within this digital world.
But he could end university as engineer, work in NASA/SpaceX/Baikonur/(another space station) and became an astronaut instead of lemon business...
Look at adventure capitalist. He started with lemons, now he's on the moon
@@rtificial8292 yes, his died without oxigen and his body is on the moon....
@@AlekThink and he will be always remembered because in Moon there is no bugs,bacterias or other things to destroy your corpse...
way to look at the glass half empty
@@biliminsrlar5752 what about sun radiation and chemicals/Bacteria that is carried by comet's/space rocks that hit the moon not to mention he would have been is a deep freeze because of when the moon isn't facing the sun
Depicts Elon Musk. Lemons were just a metaphor of work and lots of it. The rocket was a goal and lifelong dream since he was a kid. Tearjerker.
Only few people like enough to realize their dreams even with potential. Ex Tesla. In that case Elon is an exception. He truly achieved his dream..
This made me feel things. Deep things. I’m not crying.
That was everything to me. Thank you.
He should have studied & got himself into Nasa in all those years instead!
Thats not the point of the story
0 sense of humour.😂😂
I thought the same
U killed emotion.
Well from all the sad emotions aside, if he really did launch into space with that rocket he wouldve died anyways because of suffocation
OH CRAP HES NOT HIGH HES REALLY GONE SOMEONE GET HIM
rayman837 and that kids is why NASA really went to the moon
Gonna share this one with all of my friends who are a kid at heart. Wow!
I love this animation so much, I ended up using the animation for my sound production class and it was so fun
if this situation was in real life. he would waste his life for nothing.... thanks god it's only an animated film
You completely did not get what this animation is about.
@@flybeep1661 Maybe you can help explain it because all I'm seeing is the same message that we all seem to buy into. Work hard and put off being happy because it's all going to pay off, just keep working a little longer, a little longer, you'll be happy later, we swear, just keep working at it a little longer and you'll get to be happy, just be patient. But it never comes, you just keep going and hoping and being patient until you realize that this is it. You have to enjoy the scenery that is passing you right now or else your whole life will pass you like the blink of an eye and you'll regret that you never actually got to the moon, but maybe if you had just "worked harder" or if "those damn ___ wouldn't have ___". I see so many people focusing on what they don't have, like the boy letting all those people pass through his stand without forming a relationship with a single one of them. Nothing was even a blip on his radar because he fixated so much on what he didn't have. He didn't even find pleasure in his little toy rocket anymore, he just kept thinking "Someday I'll be happy, and then all of this will have been worth it"
@@darklight8675 I understand, but that is exactly what I'm talking about. Everyone promises you that hard work pays off, but that's just a carrot dangling just out of reach to keep you running at full speed. When you "work hard" the majority of the time your efforts are going toward someone else accomplishing their dream at the expense of your own.
@@darklight8675 Hmm, okay, I could probably compact my message down to "Don't forget to enjoy today while working towards tomorrow" or maybe "Don't confuse working hard with pursuing happiness". The rest of your comment is confusing, borderline gibberish, so I'm going to ignore it.
NortheastGamer u have a great point and I strongly agree with you don’t mind people who just wish to argue with nonsense
kinda sad actually...
Well he turns into a kid again..
Or its sad that people build such crappy rides
Its sad because he will die .. he will go up means in heaven
He’s a good boy even when he’s a grandpa 😢😢
imagination,childhood and dreams will be never forgotten...
*dials phone*
Phineas? Ferb? I think i found out where they transfered that rocket too
Yeah that is what I thought of.
Pheonix Flight lol
lol
This is amazing!! I hope this blows up!
Thanks so much! We worked on this five minute film for two years (!), and then put it out here for free, so share it far and wide! :)
The video or the ship?
@@exist_much5625 S T O P 😭
Nahh, I don't want him to blow up
I think the ship better not
I was surprised that the rocket was still there after all that time. That was a wonderful short : D
Animation..Sound..Lighting..Story..all super 🧡👍🏽
Is it just me or everyone saw at the end the old guy go back to being young kid once again. I guess the old dude died and then his young spirit travel through the sky
Aww now I'm sad.😢
Skipping school since 5, jimmy
Potatotus Epic Gamer
So he went to the moon with no oxygen and died he did not know becuase he did not get educated
Year MRBEAST
I like his expression, eyes widened for that rocket speed
Wonderful idea, love the optimism of goodness and purity, still that exists still today 💖
[Invest in your Dreams] finally things will take off as tough as it might be or however long it might take.
AnDRAWid *”Invest in your dreams”* OHHHHHH
Thank you☺️
I saw it this way. We all had a dream that motivated us to work hard in life. We may end up in jobs we didn't initially choose, forgetting what our hearts wanted in the first place. But it's not too late to embrace your childhood dream again when you finally remember later on. 😊
well this makes more sense than my theory 👍🤔
Yeah, this theory is right
This ACTUALLY gave me chills! And I almost cried!
This is the cutest film I watched today
The bit were it didn't work at the end was really sad and it almost made me cry
I actually did
Make sure you watch it all the way through the end credits. :)
Lol
We want more stories of this kind.
THAT WAS REALLY OUT OF THIS WORLD!
Why am I feel sad a little bit?
pea pea
Same
Mr toooo
To be honest I am as well.
Bittersweet
Selling lemonade for so long? 😓
Yeah and even the coin plane was there all along
He was imagining all along
What i mean is that he didn't even get a proper job. That is so sad 😥
Story of life
@@arviedino he was just imagining
That was absolutely beautiful
Awesome talent! Thank you for sharing!
Hey Creater, This is a beautiful story. I was with the character all the time, and in the last scene when he had put all the coins in the machine, I was hoping for the plane to fly just like the character was.. and I was holding back my breath through out the time knowing it will not fly but it did and that was the magic.. that is the magic.. I smiled. Thank-You! :)
I felt the exact same way, knowing to certain that it was still a toy, regardless of how many coins you threw at it...then it happened, and it was blissful...
When he was a kid and wondered why the rocket didnt flew to the moon shows that he is getting matured and leaving childhood.
"The film shows that we would give everything to feel the exact happiness that we felt when we were kids"
thank you for completing my movie analysis project
arguably the best short
this made me cry...idk why
I think the moral of the story is, life is full of disappointments but it's not those that should be remembered. And sometimes in these brief, glorious moments, we can feel like we are young again and live forever. You know a Calvin & Hobbes animated series like this would be so cool.
Used to love C & H
the truth of our life is it takes time, money hard work and and some times the whole life to complete our dreams with satisfaction
4:40 That's one detail that if you miss, you can miss the whole point. I love how in the end was the kid that was flying... we all must have pure, child-like hearts! And don't stop believing!
one of the best short film i have watched thank you.
Hats off to all the creatives that can pack all that sense of whimsy and emotion into such a small, tightly-woven story...and all without a word of dialogue.
The part where his old self started crying, broke my heart. He looked so dissapointed and sad
me
The ENDING is so inspiring
great film
one of my favorites!
4:01
At that moment I was literally balling my eyes out
Sorry? Not sorry? :) I see you're doing some animation yourself - that's awesome, hope you stick with it!
Yeah same
Not the way I thought it would go. You dream, go to collage, become the astronaut he wanted to be.
Never thought he be to old crazy man that save every nickel he earned to to pop into that little ride. But I found myself holding my breath as those last two coins fell into place, and off he went. He was that little kid again living his dream. To make it even better, it's the short that kept giving. Showing the remains of the rocket base, the rocket flying threw the credits. Wonderful story telling, with out a word said.
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This was a good film because it teaches children that you have to have a little job so people could give you coins and then you could get what you wanted.
This movie keeps bringing tears to my eyes. I don't know how.
It's just the soft 'bonk' of the old man's fist on the rocket when it doesn't seem to start.
This movie is just bulls eye.
This is a beautiful story. I use it with my English students. I show them some screen grabs and get them to create a story and then they compare their story to the original. Everyone loves it! They then go home and recreate the feelings and thoughts in their own written version of the film. Brilliant stuff!
So cool to hear that! Cheers!
You're a good teacher!! 🤟😁🤟
Great idea 👏🏿👏🏿
nice
😮
Some of the smoothest transitions from one scene to another ever!
Thanks for making him fly at end🙂
What a beautiful story, congrats for all the team, nice job guys.
“Saving as a kid feels like a lifetime”