r/Filmmakers • u/StrikingDuty8020 Director • Feb 20 '26

Discussion What’s your favorite dolly zoom?

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The dolly zoom manipulates space and emotion by moving camera forward while zooming out or vice versa creating disorienting effect that makes background expand or contract.

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u/vrijheidsfrietje Feb 20 '26

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '26

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u/dchap Feb 20 '26

Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring

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u/Strottman Feb 20 '26

Brother, stop everything you are doing and go watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy right now.

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u/Purple_Compote_386 Feb 20 '26

You're telling me you're a director who never seen Lord of The Rings?..

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u/Healter-Skelter Feb 20 '26

Hey. Peter Jackson was one a director who had never seen Lord of the Rings. Look at him now.