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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dolly zoom

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English

Syllables
dol-ly -zoom
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A camera effect that appears to undermine normal visual perception, achieved by using the setting of a zoom lens to adjust the field of view while the camera dollies towards or away from the subject in such a way as to keep the subject the same size in the frame throughout.

Inflected Forms

dolly zooms (plural)

Synonyms

zolly

Questions

What does dolly zoom mean?
A camera effect that appears to undermine normal visual perception, achieved by using the setting of a zoom lens to adjust the field of view while the camera dollies towards or away from the subject in such a way as to keep the subject the same size in the frame throughout.

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