The Dolly Zoom
a.k.a. Vertigo Effect, Zolly, Reverse Tracking Shot
The dolly zoom is a type of shot where the object in focus stays
the same size while the background elements grow or shrink.
Vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 film 'Vertigo' was in fact the
first film to use dolly zoom. Hitchcock himself implemented this
technique. This shot can be seen in the clip below at 0:33 and 0:50 seconds.
Jaws
My group are planning to use the dolly zoom in our film
opening to emphasis the significance and power of the ring.
In our coursework lesson we practiced using the dolly zoom
with a few different objects; a computer mouse, a chair, a
gluestick and a cup. Although it wasn't up to Hitchcock's standard,
with a few practices and takes we were able to understand the basics
of how to master the dolly zoom. This was achieved by moving the camera
forwards while zooming out; or moving the camera backwards and zooming
in. We realised that to achieve the shot we had to move the camera faster
than the speed of zooming in or out.
Our practice shot of the dolly zoom using a computer mouse
opening to emphasis the significance and power of the ring.
In our coursework lesson we practiced using the dolly zoom
with a few different objects; a computer mouse, a chair, a
gluestick and a cup. Although it wasn't up to Hitchcock's standard,
with a few practices and takes we were able to understand the basics
of how to master the dolly zoom. This was achieved by moving the camera
forwards while zooming out; or moving the camera backwards and zooming
in. We realised that to achieve the shot we had to move the camera faster
than the speed of zooming in or out.
Our practice shot of the dolly zoom using a computer mouse
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