The Dolly Zoom is one of cinema’s most famous in-camera visual effects. It is primarily used to create a sense of agorophobia within the scenes. This is done by zooming in/out the lense as the camera moves forward or backward on the dolly track. It takes us as viewers into the characters’ altered psychological state visually. Whether it is experiencing Scotty’s fear of heights in Hitchcock’s Vertigo or Martin Brody’s intense shock from the alarm of a great white shark in Spielberg’s Jaws, it is a classic technique that is wholly unique to its form. In this clip edited together by Vashi Nedomansky, we will see 23 of his favorite uses of the Dolly Zoom in films by directors including Hitchcock, Spielberg, Scorsese, Tarantino, Truffaut, Mendes, Melville and Raimi.
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