# Dolly out (pull back)

Camera / Camera move / Dolly and track. Checked 2026-10-13.

Pulls away and reveals; isolation, or the bigger picture.

- Use when: Endings, reveals of a location, showing a person alone in a large space.
- Phrase: slow pull back at eye height, the camera travels straight backward and more of the room comes into frame around him
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/move/dolly-out
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/move/dolly-out.json

## Watch out

- Write the move as behaviour with a start and an end (a slow straight push from six metres to three and a half). A bare move name drifts. (vendor; Higgsfield Seedance 2.5 prompting guide, read 28 Sep 2026)
- Pull back is the move for reveals; say what the reveal shows at the end. (unverified; A 2026 model-syntax study for a prompt builder, summarised in Director Chair field notes on video prompting, not measured by us)

## Move card

- **Camera:** rolls straight back, away from her
- **Pace:** slow and controlled
- **Keep:** the same height and direction while more of the room comes in
- **Ends:** a wider frame that shows the place

## Reference: Dolly out

> dolly out. Movement: move the camera physically backward in a straight line away from the main subject. Speed: smooth controlled retreat. Framing: keep lens direction and camera height consistent while more environment enters frame. End: finish in a wider composition.

Credit: AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com). Source: https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/09-dolly-out-hq.mp4
Clip: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/09-dolly-out-hq.mp4
Poster: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/09-dolly-out-hq.jpg

## Prompts

### Seedance 2.5

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot
Optics and camera: Slow pull back at eye height, the camera travels straight backward and more of the room comes into frame around him. Camera: rolls straight back, away from her. Pace: slow and controlled. Keep: the same height and direction while more of the room comes in. Ends: a wider frame that shows the place.
Reference clip (Dolly out): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/09-dolly-out-hq.mp4
```

### Seedance 2.0

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1: one continuous shot
Optics and camera: Slow pull back at eye height, the camera travels straight backward and more of the room comes into frame around him. Camera: rolls straight back, away from her. Pace: slow and controlled. Keep: the same height and direction while more of the room comes in. Ends: a wider frame that shows the place.
Reference clip (Dolly out): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/09-dolly-out-hq.mp4
```

### Kling 3.0

```
[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Slow pull back at eye height, the camera travels straight backward and more of the room comes into frame around him. Camera: rolls straight back, away from her. Pace: slow and controlled. Keep: the same height and direction while more of the room comes in. Ends: a wider frame that shows the place.
Reference clip (Dolly out): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/09-dolly-out-hq.mp4
```

### Veo 3.1

```
Slow pull back at eye height, the camera travels straight backward and more of the room comes into frame around him. Camera: rolls straight back, away from her. Pace: slow and controlled. Keep: the same height and direction while more of the room comes in. Ends: a wider frame that shows the place. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.
Reference clip (Dolly out): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/09-dolly-out-hq.mp4
```

## Look further

- https://aicameramovements.com/ : a looping example clip of this move and a free prompt card (link only)
- https://aicameracontrol.com/ : a free 3D stage to place the person and set the lens before you generate

## Goes well with

- Dolly in (push in): https://directorchair.ai/move/dolly-in
- Slow zoom out: https://directorchair.ai/move/slow-zoom-out
- Drone pull back: https://directorchair.ai/move/drone-pull-back

## Source

Move names and the seven groups from aicameramovements.com (names and structure only); behaviour and numbers in our own words from Director Chair field notes on video prompting and the first Director Chair spec

Text CC BY 4.0, Director Chair (directorchair.ai). Reference clips and their card texts belong to their makers.