to dolly

Examples

• All

• Now, we'll dolly with him as he trots slowly down a deserted street.

  White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)

• The camera slowly dollies into a close-up of him.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The camera starts to dolly; however, Chad does not move.

  Fiction book (1995)

• And Tito, right after we dolly in, give me a little laugh there.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Dissolve down from a bright morning sky and then dolly in quietly on the building.

  Fiction book (1999)

• We dolly past the faces of both Wayne and Roger, inside the room now, filming this live.

  Fiction book (1994)

• - In this next bit, I want to dolly in on you two while you're embracing.

  Hollywood North (2004)

• The Corvette stops, and the camera dollies in quickly.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The camera dollies slowly through the standing, silent group, passing over faces in different degrees of thought.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The camera dollies smoothly towards the action to capture every detail.

Synonyms

S

to slide

vsto dolly

716 1.0

To move smoothly along a surface

is a camera movement done on a wheeled platform during filming

Antonyms

J

to jolt

15 3.7

To move in a sudden, rough way

Compounds

T

trolley dolly

• Offensive

9.8

An informal word for a person who serves food and drinks on a plane

How Smooth

to dolly

• Specialized

2 6.8

to track

∞ 2.3

to pan

• Specialized

26 4.1

Surface Forms

Etymology