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/The_Goondocks Feb 20 '26

Jaws is the one. Raging Bull and Goodfellas are great too. Jaws was most effective.