Dolly Zoom in AE

[Carl Larsen]

That’s a “Hitchcock zoom.” Dolly the camera back, while zooming in.

Carl Larsen

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[David Bogie]

I love Wiki for this kind of stuff:

The effect was first developed by Irmin Roberts, a Paramount second-unit cameraman, and was famously used by Alfred Hitchcock in his film Vertigo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_zoom

https://www.brokenprojector.com/wordpress/?p=21

bogiesan

[Chris Buttacoli]

I remember this used with great affect in “JAWS” on the beach, and of course “GOODFELLAS” in the diner.

[Kevin Depth]

Thanks for the references guys, but the effect has to be done with objects that are closer to the camera than the background, like a 3d scene. Can it be done with just the background or with a still picture in AE, like in the LOR scene???
Thanks again.

[David Bogie]

[Kevin Depth] “Can it be done with just the background or with a still picture in AE,”

Well, sure.
But you have to place the objects relative to each other so the camera and lens moves accomplish something interesting. IN the case of a still image, you usually need to pull something out of the still or, much easier, use an element from a similar image that is placed in the foreground so it moves as the parallax changes.

bogiesan