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dolly shot
dolly shot
In a dolly shot, the camera is placed on a wheeled platform
that can be moved smoothly towards or away from a subject.
Like all other shot types that incorporate camera movement,
dolly shots tend to perform three main narrative functions:
they can reveal or conceal visual information, and can also
contextualize an action or a situation by virtue of how and
when the camera move is executed within a scene. The most
common example of the latter is the “dolly in” move, where
the camera is brought increasingly closer to a character as
they experience a gradual realization or make an important, ...