I wish I was this good on my first live action project.

That’s pretty awesome, especially for 15! Good work man.

Man, my literary life is divided into pre-1984 and post-1984. That’s such a awesome book. Altough I think that the trailler doesn’t captured the truly book essence, it’s still very good. ‘You do not exist’ at the end was truly good.

Anyway, I wish I was this good too. :)

great work, I love 1984 one of the most haunting books I have ever read

I would have liked to see a making of the video. It would be very interesting to learn some techniques you used to make the video.

Very Sophisticated, The rockets plowing into the city, and the look on the diarists face, really stood out for me. I’ve never really vividly imagined oceania, the book when you get to it in high school, seems so black and white filmy I never imagined it in color… the more I learn about George Orwell, the more prophetic he seems to be.
I hope you catch some serious eyes with this.

Pardon my everlasting ignorance:

What’s 1984 about?

Sorry. Someone should shoot me for asking that.

Thank you all for the comments, I really appreciate it.

@YoungApprentice – I use a track from Digitaljuice.com. It’s not perfect, but I think it works pretty well.

@Gnaws – Actually, I’m homeschooled, and yes I did do this by myself. I’ve done a lot of stop-motion animation before, but this was my first live-action project.

@MTracer – 1984 is known as George Orwell’s masterpiece. It depicts a future in which a totalitarian government controls all of North America.

@Digital FX Artist – maybe I could. I have some projects I need to wrap up, but it doesn’t seem like it would be too hard to do.

~ J

Jordan,
Excellent. Amazing for a 15 year old.
I have been discussing home schooling for my soon-to-be-born son.
What are your views on this approach ?
Do you feel it has improved your school performance ?
Do you miss the social interaction with other kids ?
What sort of work are your parents involved in ?

Thank you for any input.

tonurs – could you send me your email address? That’s probably better than using the BN comment thread. (jharris812[at]gmail[dot]com)

Thanks,

~ J

@Rafster – I think anything in AE can also be done using open-source software. =) I did do the camera tracking in AE, though. Other than that, I used AE for the titles and used the wiggle effect for the last shot. Oh, and a lens flare in another shot as well as the rain in three of the shots. (Although I should have made a particle system in Blender. It would have looked better)

I agree that “You do not exist” should stay a bit longer. Little things like that still bug me about all my projects. =)

~ J

Actually, Jordan, I believe that you’ll find that Oceania was Great Britain.

A point of evidence to that effect to consider. In the U.S.A., we haven’t used ministries as governing agencies, whereas the British have used them for a long time. Also, the threat of rocket bombardment is more credible on the British Isles as the result of advances along the North Sea nations and Western Europe than they would be in the U.S., and at the time of the writing of 1984 (1948), vivid and relatively recent memory for the population of England.

From the Cliff Notes Website on 1984′s setting…

The setting of 1984 is Oceania, a giant country comprised of the Americas; the Atlantic Islands, including the British Isles; Australia; and the southern portion of Africa. Oceania’s mainland is called Air Strip One, formerly England. The story itself takes place in London in the year 1984, a terrifying place and time where the human spirit and freedom are all but crushed.

Read more: http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/1984-About-1984-The-Setting.id-90,pageNum-12.html#ixzz0SMlBYXMB

Fantastic job, Jordan! Really great, great work. Hope you keep doing work like this, it’s an incredible first live-action project!

I usually think people around here overrate too much works made with Blender, but this time I feel compelled to prise the author of this trailer: great job, some X-files episodes came to my mind while watching it.
As for home schooling… yes, as the Pink Floyd say: “We don’t need no education …and no thought control” ;)

++good clip Jordan Harris.

mistake Oceania for North America ++ungood

reread book !

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston
Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped
quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough
to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him.

superb..
only 15 years old and such a stunning animation.

Vidrazor2,
Oceana is not set in the United States, but there’s a reference to the US in the book. However, I understand how you got that impression, especially after I read the story again back in 2002.

MTracer,
When I read the story again in 2002, it was not the old paperback version that I had in the early-to-mid 1980′s, but the free digital version that I found at a digital library when I Googled “1984, Goerge Orwell.” Perhaps, you might give it a search and find that version, or get an actual copy of the novel. It’s worth reading.

Great book, great story, great trailer.

It was my first profound piece of english literature and I really loved. The trailer somehow forces me the reread it, having read it 3 years ago.

This is even better than the actual movie trailer!!

My pupils are going to be so excited about reading the book after seeing this!

Great job