Camera Dolly
¿Qué es Camera Dolly?
A camera dolly is a wheeled platform that lets filmmakers glide the camera smoothly through a scene, creating fluid tracking shots without any wobble.
De un vistazo
- También conocido como
- DollyTracking vehicleCamera trolley
- Se usa para
- Tracking shotsDolly zoomFollowing subjectsPush-in and pull-back movesSmooth lateral movement
- Herramientas comunes
- Chapman/Leonard dollyFisher dollyDoorway dollyDana dollyEgripment dolly
- Términos relacionados
- Camera sliderDolly zoomTracking shotDolly gripCamera carMotion control rig
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Cómo se compara
A camera dolly is a full platform capable of carrying the camera, operator, and sometimes a director, travelling along dedicated track or a prepared floor surface over distances of several metres to many tens of metres. A camera slider is a compact, lightweight rail system mounted on a tripod or directly on the ground, designed for shorter, more portable moves typically in the range of 60–120 cm. Dollies offer greater range, load capacity, and precision; sliders offer portability and speed of setup.
Piénsalo como…
A camera dolly is like a gondola on a Venetian canal: rather than the gondolier walking alongside the scene and introducing the bounce and rhythm of footsteps, the gondola glides silently and smoothly, carrying the observer through the world at a constant, controlled pace. The track is the canal, the dolly is the gondola, and the dolly grip is the gondolier.
Consejo pro
When prompting AI video models to simulate dolly movement, specify the speed and easing of the move (e.g., 'slow dolly in with gentle ease-out') rather than simply stating 'dolly in' — the nuance in acceleration and deceleration is what separates a cinematic move from a mechanical one.
Tipos y variaciones
- The most common professional dolly runs on straight or curved track sections laid by the grip department.
- Doorway dollies are smaller, more manoeuvrable versions designed to fit through standard doorways and navigate tight interior spaces.
- Hybrid or 'crab' dollies can move in multiple directions simultaneously, allowing diagonal or circular paths without relaid track.
- Motorised remote dollies remove the need for a dolly grip entirely and are particularly useful in dangerous environments or for repeatable robotic moves.
- Slider dollies ( compact, tripod-mounted track systems ) are a lightweight adaptation popular in documentary and independent filmmaking.
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- Camera dollies are used in narrative film and television to follow characters through sets, to execute the classic 'push in' that intensifies an emotional moment, and to create lateral tracking shots that move alongside walking or running subjects.
- In commercial production, dollies provide the product reveal moves and slow, elegant push-ins that give advertising its polished feel.
- In live performance recording, dollies allow fluid camera repositioning between songs or scenes.
- For AI filmmaking, the dolly's movement vocabulary ( its smoothness, its controlled velocity ) is directly referenced when prompting or fine-tuning generative video models.
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