dolly
- noun
- /ˈdɑːli/
- Specialized
- Camera dollies to a large metal drain, located inside the fountain's base.
- a camera dolly
- a dolly shot
- dolly track
It's not going to be great for, you know, a walk and talk scene or a scene where you need a big Dolly movement.
- It's not going to be great for, you know, a walk and talk scene or a scene where you need a big Dolly movement.
- Depending on the sequence, we will shoot handhelds or in a serene and gravity one on legs or on a Dolly.
Examples
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The camera continues its dolly revealing the clear glass panel of the teleprompter.
Fiction book (1993) -
The camera dollies forward until the monochrome image entirely dominates the frame.
Academic text (1998) -
That shot where it's a dolly to the right and then it's rising up at the same time.
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A horn blows... camera does a slow dolly in towards the station wagon.
Fiction book (1997) -
Camera does a slow dolly in towards the speeding Malibu.
Fiction book (1997) -
The camera begins a slow dolly in to Nicole's astonished face.
Fiction book (1995) -
In a rapidly moving dolly shot, McClintock leaves Meyer and approaches General Ford, who is on the phone.
Fiction book (1995) -
The camera dollies through the maze of tables, patrons, and waitresses.
Fiction book (1996) -
To achieve a smooth camera movement, they used a dolly to glide over the scene.
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The director instructed the crew to position the dolly for a close-up shot.
Antonyms
Compounds
How Smooth
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dolly for a camera probably takes its name from the same idea as doll — meaning a small thing — so people began calling a small wheeled cart a dolly, and today a dolly is a platform that moves a camera smoothly.