dolly zoom
Background seems moving
A dolly zoom is a camera technique where the camera moves toward or away from a subject while simultaneously zooming in the opposite direction.
The subject stays the same size in frame while the background dramatically expands or compresses, creating a disorienting, vertigo-like effect.
Alfred Hitchcock famously used it in *Vertigo* to convey psychological disturbance; it's also called a Hitchcock zoom or zolly.
The dolly zoom on the sheriff's face as he realizes the shark has struck again.
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- vertigoSensation of spinning
- trackPath or monitored route
- focusConcentrated attention point
- cameraImage capturing device
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dolly zoomzoom in
Increase visual magnification
zoom out · fixed camera · dolly shot · tracking shot · push in