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Lesson 1 of 4 · 8 min read

Moves That Mean Something

Dolly, orbit, crane and crash zoom, and the feeling each one creates.

  1. 1

    Push in for tension

    A slow dolly-in pulls the viewer closer. Use it when something matters.

  2. 2

    Orbit for scale

    Circling a subject shows its size and gives a sense of discovery.

  3. 3

    Crash zoom for energy

    Fast zooms are punctuation. One per scene is plenty.

Try it

Brutalist alien megastructure hovering over a misty grey plain, slow orbit

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Homework

Generate the same subject with three different presets and write one word for how each feels.

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