Reverse Tracking Shot

A Reverse Tracking Shot is achieved by the camera being pulled away from a subject whilst the lens zooms in, or vice-versa. This makes the background appear to change size relative to the subject.

Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 film 'Vertigo' was the first film to use dolly zoom.  Hitchcock himself implemented this technique. This shot can be seen in the clip below at 0:33 and 0:50 seconds.

The Reverse Tracking Shot was also used in Jaws.  It can be seen in this clip from 2:01-2:03.





We will use the reverse tracking shot in the bedroom scene of our film to build tension and drama, just like the clips above.  We will use this shot on the ring to emphasise its significance to the plot and the bad and haunting memories it holds for our female protagonist.