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Camera tricks
Dolly zoom, crash zoom, rack focus, FPV dives, Dutch angles. The moves people search for by name.
8shots
64ready prompts
3prompt rules
Why this set
Some camera moves have names everyone knows and few can describe precisely. A video model needs the mechanics, not the name: which way the camera travels, what the lens does, what stays still.
Each shot here spells the trick out in plain words. Use them as templates - keep the camera line, swap the scene.
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Describe the mechanicsFor a dolly zoom say which way the camera travels and which way the lens zooms. The two directions give opposite effects.
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Hold the subject stillTricks read best when only the camera or the focus changes. A moving subject hides the effect.
03
Give start and end"Wide on the doorway, then a sudden crash zoom on his eyes." The model needs both ends of the move.
The shots · 8
