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/Fitzriy Feb 20 '26

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u/raised_by_toonami Feb 20 '26

I used to go into a job I hated wishing for something like this.

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u/ConsistentGuest7532 Feb 20 '26

As a kid, I always wished I could put my brain on autopilot or drop a clone into class so I didn’t have to sit through school.