DOLLY ZOOM MOVEMENT

More of a special effect, the dolly zoom is great for conveying strong character emotion. The camera is moved towards or away from the subject, while the lens focal length is altered. This maintains the subject’s size in the frame, but changes the size of background elements, creating the illusion that they are getting closer to or further away from the subject position. A popular cinematic technique used in movies such as (1958) to introduce unsettling, seemingly impossible scene compression.