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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A movie shot made by a camera moving steadily on a track or dolly.
Wiktionary
- n. cinematography, film In filmmaking, a continuously recorded segment containing no edits, in which the camera is moved (often mounted on a dolly rolling on tracks) so as to sweep through an extensive area or to follow the physical movement of characters or events.
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Innovators in Motion Pictures
Movies would not exist without the people who invented or developed these objects and processes. At least, not as we know them.
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gangerh The action of moving a camera along a path parallel to the path of the object being filmed. Jul 30, 2008