Shot Ideas: Dolly Zoom

I want to use a variety of different shots in the film which are relevant to the mood of the scene, for tense and startling moments of the film I will try to pursue a Dolly Zoom. This shot takes practice and to achieve a good dolly zoom equipment would be needed such as a track and a dolly to put the camera and tripod on top of. There are other more low budget methods we could use to create the effect, such as a bicycle on a homemade track, or skateboards.
As the videos show, to achieve a clean dolly zoom the camera needs to keep the focused subject the same size, while the background zooms in/out.

Dolly zooms are a good way of capturing panic in a character, the vertigo effect puts the audience in to the head of the protagonist. With so much going on in the vertigo shot it is symbolic of the rushing thoughts and fears someone may be feeling, in this famous extract from Jaws, Spielberg utilises this shot method to show the audience the nausea and how uncomfortable Brody feels when seeing the giant sea monster.