dolly

A mobile platform for a film or video camera and its operator, allowing forward and sideways movement of the point of view during the action of the scene in addition to the pan and tilt of the camera itself. A dolly shot is a scene planned to make use of such camera movement.

Compare molly

In science:

Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from differentiated cells

In media:

Dolly!, a 1976 television variety show starring Dolly Parton Dolly (TV series), a 1987 television variety show starring Dolly Parton Dolly Magazine, an Australian teen magazine

People called Dolly:

Dolly Parton, actress, country music singer/songwriter Doyle Brunson, professional poker player, is known as 'Dolly' or 'Texas Dolly' Robert 'Dolly' Dunn, Australian paedophile

Related to a wheeled platform:

A hand truck is sometimes incorrectly called a dolly A dolly (trailer) consists of not much more than axle(s), wheels, and possibly a hitch that may be added to the end of a semi-trailer to extend a semi-trailer truck In Film production, a camera dolly allows a movie camera to move on wheels while filming. The verb "to dolly" means to move the camera towards or away from the subject being filmed- contrast with the verb "to truck," which refers to a camera movement parallel to the movement of a subject A Dolly shot is a film sequence created using this motion

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