Uploaded August 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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The vertigo effect (aka Dolly-Zoom) is a technique that has been used by cinematographers since the days of Alfred Hitchcock. As you move the camera (dolly) forwards or backwards, you'd also zoom in or out to keep the perspective of the subject about the same. This would then create unique perspective shifts in the background. Now, thanks to 4k drones, we can do it in a totally different way. In this short I give a quick tutorial, but more importantly try to give an overview of the technique.
This is Thing #26 in our 52Things series this year. I hope you are able to try it out. It only takes about an hour from flight to editing it up so should be something you can add to your arsenal pretty quickly.
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The vertigo effect (aka Dolly-Zoom) is a technique that has been used by cinematographers since the days of Alfred Hitchcock. As you move the camera (dolly) forwards or backwards, you'd also zoom in or out to keep the perspective of the subject about the same. This would then create unique perspective shifts in the background. Now, thanks to 4k drones, we can do it in a totally different way. In this short I give a quick tutorial, but more importantly try to give an overview of the technique.
This is Thing #26 in our 52Things series this year. I hope you are able to try it out. It only takes about an hour from flight to editing it up so should be something you can add to your arsenal pretty quickly.
Thanks goes to our amazing Patrons for this episode. If you enjoy the tutorials and filmmaking/photography tips and tricks we're putting out, consider also supporting us on Patreon.
This support helps us create unique content each week while also creating our conservation and science films on UntamedScience. In particular, special thanks to our Patreon supporters: Tobias Haase, Medesthai, Larry Nelson, Please Stand By, James Brady, Morgan Price, Jinyuan Yeong, George Logue, The Jesus Underground, Johanna van de Woestijne and all the others that help fund our work.
If you want 52 Things to start on right now to improve your filmmaking and photography - we have videos on them all here: untamedscience.com/blog/52things
Our GEAR ------------
Main DSLR : amzn.to/2Sho2qc
Second Camera : amzn.to/2B9HInR
Main Lens - amzn.to/2BaEXTk
The Adventure Camera Bag : amzn.to/2B8WYRH
The Macro Lens - amzn.to/2hHUhxW
Telephoto Lens - amzn.to/2za1FJV
Our Mega Wide Lens - amzn.to/2z9KtnS
Our BEST On-camera Mic - amzn.to/2hGuSVt
The Drone - amzn.to/2z84Bqc
My Moving Timelapse setup - amzn.to/2SeCZcJ
GoPro HERO 7 - amzn.to/2ShoPHG
Our Filmmaking Book!!! - amzn.to/2zV88LS
Our Music: goo.gl/roSjb7
The full video setup: kit.com/UntamedScience
(By buying through these links you help us support the channel)
On Social --------------
Instagram: instagram.com/untamedscience (Jonas @behindthescience)
Twitter: twitter.com/untamedscience
Facebook: facebook.com/untamedscience
Website: untamedscience.com
YouTube: bit.ly/2EDk6vO (for most of my work)
Jonas and I are creating a whole series of how-to-filmmaking videos to get you started. Here is the first video: bit.ly/2AcYvHJ and our book: amzn.to/2zV88LS
My main science YouTube Channel: bit.ly/2EDk6vO
Help us create amazing, world reaching content by translating and transcribing videos on our channel: bit.ly/2Crnjgu
