{
 "slug": "studio-dolly-rig",
 "name": "Studio dolly or tripod",
 "category": "rig",
 "group": "Studio",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-10-13",
 "effect": "Machine-smooth and deliberate: prestige, control, calm.",
 "use_when": "Brand films, drama, premium product work.",
 "phrase": "slow, deliberate, machine-smooth camera moves on a heavy dolly, no handheld jitter, no drone float",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Give one main camera move per shot. Two moves at once, or orders that contradict each other, make the camera wander.",
   "evidence": "vendor",
   "source": "Kling camera guide and ByteDance Dreamina Seedance guide, via Director Chair field notes on video prompting"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "dolly-in",
  "static-shot"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "film-craft",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Rig wording from tested prompts in Director Chair field notes on video prompting"
 },
 "body": "",
 "shown_with": {
  "slug": "dolly-in",
  "name": "Dolly in (push in)",
  "category": "move",
  "label": "Shown with: Dolly in (push in)",
  "site": "aicameramovements",
  "credit": "AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)",
  "source_url": "https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/08-dolly-in-hq.mp4",
  "media": {
   "video": "/media/aicameramovements/08-dolly-in-hq.mp4",
   "card": "/media/aicameramovements/08-dolly-in-hq-card.mp4",
   "poster": "/media/aicameramovements/08-dolly-in-hq.jpg",
   "card_poster": "/media/aicameramovements/08-dolly-in-hq-card.jpg",
   "width": 1280,
   "height": 720,
   "duration": 15
  }
 },
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/rig/studio-dolly-rig",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/rig/studio-dolly-rig.md",
 "prompts": {
  "seedance-2.5": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot\nOptics and camera: Slow, deliberate, machine-smooth camera moves on a heavy dolly, no handheld jitter, no drone float.",
  "seedance-2.0": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1: one continuous shot\nOptics and camera: Slow, deliberate, machine-smooth camera moves on a heavy dolly, no handheld jitter, no drone float.",
  "kling-3": "[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Slow, deliberate, machine-smooth camera moves on a heavy dolly, no handheld jitter, no drone float.",
  "veo-3.1": "Slow, deliberate, machine-smooth camera moves on a heavy dolly, no handheld jitter, no drone float. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image."
 },
 "licence": {
  "code": "MIT",
  "text": "CC BY 4.0",
  "third_party": "Clips and card texts inside a \"licensed\" block belong to their makers and are shown with permission and credit."
 }
}