Practice question · Select all that apply
Which are true of the dolly zoom?
Hints
- Three describe how the shot is built; one removes the part that does the work.
- If the camera does not move, no perspective changes at all.
Show the answer
- A. The camera moves while the focal length changes in the opposite direction
- B. The subject stays roughly the same size in the frame throughout
- D. The background changes scale because the camera position changes
Why
The fourth would produce nothing but a normal zoom. All the visible drama comes from the tracking movement, which changes the relative distances to foreground and background; the zoom exists only to cancel the change in the subject's size so that the perspective shift is seen on its own.
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