Introduction

John Weiley is one of the world's leading writers and directors of large format motion pictures.

blazing sun from SOHOHis most recent film, The Heart of the Sun looks at the history of humanity’s relationship with the sun.

The film was supported by the National Science Foundation (USA) and made with the cooperation of NASA and the European Space Agency.
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Contact us

Heliograph Pty Ltd (ACN 003 172 325) and
JAVA Film Pty Ltd (ACN 064 805 090).

PO Box 1726, Byron Bay, NSW 2481 Australia.

Tel: +61.2. 6687 5544. Fax: +61.2. 6687 5634.

 

Feature Articles

Set the controls for the Heart of the Sun

From the ancient past we travel to the cutting edge of the present. Unprecedented cooperation by the European Space Agency, NASA , the Japanese Space Agency and many others made possible the capture and presentation of images that have never been seen before - to the delight of the scientists working on the projects. The scientists simply had never had the millions of dollars required to translate the data into high definition motion pictures. [read more...]

3D in movies : How it works

Everything in the world that has eyes has at least two of them so clearly nature thinks that stereo vision is worth the investment. You live in a 3D world - you see in stereo all the time: What makes it so amazing in the movie theatre is the novelty of seeing three dimensions where you are used to seeing two. [read more...]

Making Antarctica

If you described the equipment you would like to take on an expedition to Antarctica; light, flexible, easy to operate....you would be describing the antithesis of an IMAX camera. [read more...]