| A camera dolly is a specialized piece of film equipment designed to create smooth camera movements. The camera is mounted to the dolly and the camera operator and camera assistant usually ride on it to operate the camera. The dolly is operated by a dolly grip who is a dedicated technician.
The camera dolly may
be used as a shooting platform on any surface, but
is often raised onto track, to create smooth
tracking shots on the horizontal axis. Additionally,
the dolly usually has a hydraulic arm that raises
and lowers the camera on the vertical axis. When a
dolly grip operates a dolly on both axes
simultaneously, this is known as a compound move.
On this edition, we show a simple technique to get a smooth looking dolly
shot without a dolly.
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