Dolly Zoom Prompt for AI Video: Exact Wording and Example

Dolly Zoom example: a figure seen from behind on a pier, the background sea and sky stretched and warped behind them, vertigo effect
Example frame made with this look. Scene: a figure seen from behind on a pier, the background sea and sky stretched and warped behind them, vertigo effect.

What it is

Track backward while zooming in, or the reverse. The subject holds the same size while the background stretches or collapses behind them.

What it says: Dread, the world lurching.

The prompt

Paste it into an image or video prompt as is, then add your own subject.

Prompt

dolly zoom, camera tracks backward while zooming in, subject stays the same size while the background stretches and looms behind

Not this

Not a plain zoom: the subject must hold size while the background warps.

Other names

contra-zoom, trombone shot

Pairs with

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