<p>I simply explain it to you.you just go near or far from your subject but maintain your frame same by zooming out or in (by changing focal length) so in this way you get background compression or expansion and when you combine all these pictures just like you do in hyperlapse. Hope you got it...</p>

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2018-12-11T19:05:56.803Z
2018-12-11T19:05:56.803Z
Muhammad Jahangir
<p>The "Vertigo effect" is achieved by zooming in while tracking out, or zooming out while tracking in. When done right the size of the subject stays the same in frame, while the perspective shifts unnaturally, giving an uncanny feel to the footage.</p>

<p>The effect is achieved in-camera. It could be replicated in post by separating the planes of the image along the depth axis and replicating the real-world camera movement, but it would be highly labour intensive, compared to doing it on set.</p>

<p>P.S. Just to be suuuper pedantic, a "dolly" is a sideways movement, a movement forward or backward is a "track".</p>

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2018-12-10T00:52:07.873Z
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2018-12-12T07:05:41.723Z
stib
<p>I was watching vertigo last night which is directed by alfared hitchcock and I saw some scenes in which he used 'dolly effect' I was wondering how do you make that effect?</p>

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2018-12-10T01:46:35.023Z
Google for "vertigo effect" or "dolly zoom".
Rusty Core
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How to make a dolly effect?
Samia Afzal
# How to make a dolly effect?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-12-09)

I was watching vertigo last night which is directed by alfared hitchcock and I saw some scenes in which he used 'dolly effect' I was wondering how do you make that effect?

**Tags:** video, after-effects, video-production

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Google for "vertigo effect" or "dolly zoom".  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-12-11. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

I simply explain it to you.you just go near or far from your subject but maintain your frame same by zooming out or in (by changing focal length) so in this way you get background compression or expansion and when you combine all these pictures just like you do in hyperlapse. Hope you got it...


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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-12-10. Score: 2

The "Vertigo effect" is achieved by zooming in while tracking out, or zooming out while tracking in. When done right the size of the subject stays the same in frame, while the perspective shifts unnaturally, giving an uncanny feel to the footage.

The effect is achieved in-camera. It could be replicated in post by separating the planes of the image along the depth axis and replicating the real-world camera movement, but it would be highly labour intensive, compared to doing it on set.

P.S. Just to be suuuper pedantic, a "dolly" is a sideways movement, a movement forward or backward is a "track".


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