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Zone, Ray was born on May 16, 1947 in Cleveland. Son of Lawrence Gerald Miller and Betty Jean Hoskinson.
(From stereoview cards to large-format IMAX films, 3-D tec...)
From stereoview cards to large-format IMAX films, 3-D technology's heightened realism and powerful visual allure have held audiences captive for over a century and a half. The technology, known as stereoscopy, creates an illusion of depth by presenting two slightly different images to the eye in print or on-screen. The advent of stereoscopic film technology excited both filmmakers and audiences, as a means of replicating all of the sounds, colors, movement, and dimensionality of life and nature for the first time. The origins of 3-D film are often linked with a proliferation of stereoscopic films in the 1950s. By the time films like Man in the Dark and House of Wax was attracting large crowds, however, the technology behind this form of filmmaking was already over a century old. Stereoscopic Cinema and the Origins of 3-D Film, 1838–1952, examines this "novelty period" of stereoscopic film, charting its progression from Charles Wheatstone's 1938 discovery of 3-D to the 1952 release of Arch Oboler's innovative film, Bwana Devil. Stereoscopic specialist Ray Zone argues that the development of stereoscopic film can best be understood through a historical analysis of the technology rather than of its inventors. Zone examines the products used to create stereoscopic images, noting such milestones as David Brewster's and Oliver Wendell Holmes's work with stereoscopes, the use of polarizing image selection, and the success of twin-strip 3-D films, among others. In addition, Zone looks at the films produced up to 1952, discussing public reception of early 3-D short films as well as longer features such as Power of Love in single-strip anaglyphic projection in 1922 and Semyon Ivanov's 1941 autostereoscope Robinson Crusoe. He integrates his examination of the evolution of 3-D film with other cinematic developments, demonstrating the connection between stereoscopic motion pictures and modern film production. Stereoscopic Cinema and the Origins of 3-D Film, 1838–1952, is an exhaustive study of not only the evolution of 3-D technology and the subsequent filmmaking achievements but also the public response to and cultural impact of 3-D movies. Zone takes the reader on a voyage of discovery into the rich history of a field that predates photography and that continues to influence television and computer animation today.
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Zone, Ray was born on May 16, 1947 in Cleveland. Son of Lawrence Gerald Miller and Betty Jean Hoskinson.
Graduated from high school, Alta Loma, California.
Starlog called him the "King of 3-Doctorate Comics", and Artsy Planet called him the "3D King of Hollywood". Zone attributed his interest in 3D to having read Mighty Mouse comic books in 3D at the age of 6, in 1953. He moved to Los Angeles in the early 1980s and began converting flat art to 3D images.
He began working in comic books in 1983, and his early collaborations with Jack C. Harris and Steve Ditko drew the attention of Archie Goodwin, who recruited him to work with John Byrne on the 1990 Batman 3-Doctorate, a full-length 3D graphic novella.
Zone produced 3D adaptations of art for over 150 comic books, for clients such as Disney, Warner Bros and the Simpsons, and including stories by Alan Moore and Grant Morrison which were specifically written to accommodate stereoscopy. An internationally recognized expert in all things 3-Doctorate, Zone had a special interest in stereoscopic cinema and Large Format 3-Doctorate (15/70) filmmaking.
He created stereo conversions and stereoscopic images for a wide variety of clients in publishing, education, advertising, television and motion pictures. He was the author of "3D Filmmakers, Conversations with Creators of Stereoscopic Motion Pictures" (Scarecrow Press: 2005), "Stereoscopic Cinema and the Origins of 3-Doctorate Film, 1838 - 1952" (University Press of Kentucky: 2007), "3-DIY: Stereoscopic Moviemaking on an Indie Budget" (Focal Press: 2012), and "3-Doctorate Revolution: The History of Modern Stereoscopic Cinema" (University Press of Kentucky: 2012).
In 2008 Zone worked as 3D Supervisor on Dark Country with director/star Thomas Jane, and in 2010 as 3D Producer on "Guardians of the Lost Code", the first animated 3D feature film made in Mexico.
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3-D news editor, program director Stereo Club of Southern California, Los Angeles, 2000—2006. Member of Stereoscopic Society of America (general secretary 2002-2006), National Stereoscopic Association (correspondent. Contributing writer, presenter 1983—2002), Ohio Stereo Photography Society (associate), Third Dimension Society (associate), International Stereoscopic Union (associate), Detroit Stereo Club (correspondent), Cascade Stereo Club (associate).
Children: Johnny Ray, Jimmy Ray.