A Dolly Zoom is where the camera is moved backward at the same rate as being zoomed in or vice versa. It is used regularly in films to creates a feeling of disembodiment and unreality, a theme which is used regularly throughout our production to the show the disembodiment of the lead character.
We really wanted to include a dolly zoom in our product because of this and attempted several dolly zooms within our test footage to add variety to our shots. The result was not as smooth as we would have liked but the trial strengthened our eagerness to include a dolly zoom within our final product.
As you can see the dolly zoom is still very shaky, despite the addition of the stabilization tool in final cut. This tool made the footage more blurry and distorted but fortunately it does not appear too out of place with the aggressive music. However, in our final product we would still like to have a smoother shot so that the footage appears to glide on.
Famous examples of the Dolly Zoom include:
- Alfred Hitchcock's film 'Vertigo', where the effect was first used by Irmin Roberts.
The two short moments where dolly zoom is used in the film, elevates the fear of the characters and exaggerates the height they are at. It accurately creates the sense of falling and thus oppose the effect we wish to create in our own production where we want the background to move away from our character to show the character's disjointed view of reality.
- Stephen Spielberg's 'Jaws'
This is more similar to how we want our production's dolly zoom to appear as it shows the background moving away from the character. However, whereas this has been used to show a dawning realisation we will use ours to show our character's physical and emotional separation from reality.
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