dollied

Moved on wheels

Dollied is the past tense of dolly, meaning to move something using a dolly—a wheeled platform for transporting heavy objects.

In film and television, to dolly is to move the camera smoothly toward or away from a subject: The cinematographer dollied in for a close-up.

The term comes from the dolly, the wheeled cart that carries the camera.

transport

wheeled

Having round rollers attached

pushed · moved · conveyed · relocated · shifted · trolleyed · trundled · freight · cargo · handcart

camerawork

tracking

Monitoring location over time

panning · crane · steadicam · zoom · close-up · wide-angle · tilt · jib · over-the-shoulder · point-of-view

equipment

wheels

Circular rotation devices

  • tripodStabilizing support structure
  • craneLifter or wader
  • jibTriangular sail forward

gimbal · steadicam · slider · rigging · trolley · rails · mount · pedestal · arm · counterweight

Opposites
camera movement technique

dolliedhandheld

Designed for palm use

unstabilized · hand-held · freehand · steadicam · free-handed

camera stability/motion

dolliedlocked off

Closed and secured separately

static · fixed · stationary · locked down · unmoved

Family

dollies

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G