Video · Camera MoveNO.001 / 166

Watch: The camera body really moves forward: the streetlight in the foreground rushes out of frame fastest, the person next, the distant buildings barely move. That near-big, far-small change is the difference between a push-in and a zoom.A line-art demo that only illustrates the technique, not finished footage.

Video · Camera Move

Dolly In / Push In推

The whole camera travels toward the subject. The change in perspective creates pressure or intimacy; it is not the same as enlarging the image.

Category: Camera Move
Group: Basics
Medium: Video
Library: 001 / 166

Want to merge it with other techniques (shot size, lighting, style…) into one full prompt? Click “Add to combo”, then pick one from each of the other terms.

Prompt templates are written from how generation models usually behave and have not yet been verified one by one with real generations. “Common pitfalls” are judgment from experience, not official limits.

When to use it

To draw attention to a detail, tighten the emotion onto a silence or a glance, or move from the setting into a character.

Prompt template

slow dolly-in toward the subject's face; depth changes as the camera physically travels forward, not a zoom; steady constant speed; settles at rest.

Sample prompt · generate a video directly

The technique comes first, followed by the scene, action, performance and duration. Paste it straight into a video model and swap in your own characters and plot.

The camera slowly travels forward, pushing from a medium shot of the person to a close shot of her face; the background recedes through real perspective change, not a zoom. A taxi late at night: the driver brings the car to a stop and turns to look at the girl in the back seat, who is clutching a crumpled hospital bill. He hesitates, then asks quietly, “Has the family signed?” She looks up without a word and just holds the bill closer to him. 4 seconds, constant speed, ending steady on the girl's eyes without cutting off the top of her head.

Common pitfalls

Writing only “zoom in” gets read as a zoom: the image goes flat with no depth.
Pushing in too fast feels like a crash.
The face drifts or the features warp during the push.

Parameter tips

3–5 s; travel about 1/3 of the subject's height; leave room in the first frame, end tighter but don't cut off the top of the head.