Even if you don’t know the dolly zoom or “Vertigo effect” or “Jaws effect” by any of its many names, you’ll recognize it when you see it. As those nicknames suggest, it was first popularized by Alfred ...

You know the Hitchcock zoom effect: A camera on a dolly moves back or forward as the lenses zoom in or out, changing the field of view. French photographer Micaël Reynaud has created a new variation ...

A week ago, I posted a rundown of the visual effects at work in The Wolf of Wall Street, which, at least to this eye, appear fairly seamless. As wonderful as computers are, however, there’s nothing ...

You’ve seen the shot. That woozy moment when a character’s world is transformed. The camera zooms in or out. The background bends. It’s often called the “Vertigo Effect.” Here’s how it works → The ...

Martin Scorsese once praised Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 film Vertigo, calling it “one of the greatest films ever made.” The ...

A fresh update to the DJI Fly app is giving selfie drone flyers a new trick up their sleeve: Dolly Zoom. Version 1.17.4 of the app, which began rolling out globally in early July, officially adds ...