Coin Operated is a short film about a young boy, naively saving up quarters in order to achieve his dream of exploring space.
Traditional animation pipelines relied on localized high-speed servers and massive physical render farms. To produce Coin Operated – a five-minute short spanning 70 years of narratie – without a physical studio, we had to solve the problem of high-fidelity collaboration across disparate time zones and varying hardware capabilities.
Cloud-Native Architecture
I architected the proprietary Nuke pipeline for the platform, leading the integration of advanced node-based compositing workflows.
We built a direct pipeline that managed the lifecycle of character assets and rigs, ensuring version control and integrity across a global team of artists from Singapore to LA to London. Are artists were able to work on high-fidelity assets and images, even on a Chromebook.
I worked closely with the Director on the final look and feel, ensuring that our technical pipeline decisions directly enhanced the film’s creative vision.
