History Main / VertigoEffect

* 'Film/LaHaine'' uses a dolly zoom effect half-way in. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv41W6iyyGs here]].

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* Used by Creator/PeterJackson in both ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (when Frodo senses the arrival of the Black Rider in the Shire) and ''The Return of the King'' (Frodo's first look into Shelob's lair).
* ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', when Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) reacts on the beach to the Kitner boy being attacked by the shark.
** This trope is often called "The Jaws Shot" by [[OlderThanTheyThink people who haven't seen]] ''Vertigo''.
* The opening shot of Jean-Pierre Melville's ''LeSamourai'' is a VertigoEffect shot of a man lying down on his bed, smoking. Unlike most examples, however, the shot is jerky and uneven, representing the man's loneliness and mental instability.
* ''Film/JosieAndThePussycats'' (the movie), when Josie realises she's been brainwashed.

* ''Brick'', when Tug punches Brendan.
* ''AGoofyMovie'', when Max learns his father is taking him on vacation.
* There are quite a few ''simulated'' trombone shots in the computer-generated Pixar movies, notably in ''TheIncredibles''.

* There's a remarkable one in ''RoadToPerdition'', where Jude Law's character first appears walking toward the camera underneath an L track. It takes about thirty-plus seconds of screen time, whereas the typical Vertigo shot is much more fast-moving.

* ''GhostInTheShell'' used this technique digitally in 1995, when it was hailed as a major advance in 3D animation.

* In ''Back to the Future, Part II'' when Marty watches footage of his mother marrying Biff in 1985-A.
* Subtly used in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', when Hiccup and Astrid [[spoiler:see the Red Death for the first time]].
* Used in the film ''MerlinsShopOfMysticalWonders'' when Michael sees the evil monkey has returned to his house.

* ''{{Communion}}'' uses this effect to intensify the state of hypnotization and confusion in the main character.

* Used in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' when Po and the Five see Master Thundering Rhino's hammer in the spot where he was killed.

* A subtle version occurs in ''{{WesternAnimation/Ratatouille}}'' when Remy watches an inspiring speech from Gousteau on a TV.

* ''VeronicaMars'' features one at the end of season 2, when Veronica figures out exactly what's going on.

* In an episode of ''MalcolmInTheMiddle'' Lois inadvertently infects Malcolm with mononucleosis. As Malcolm is heading to the couch to lay down, Hal shoos him away saying he has to be quarantined from the healthy family members. Cue Malcolm looking down the hall towards Lois in her bed with the vertigo shot. It's definitely an OhCrap moment for poor Malcolm.
* Used in an episode of ''{{Casualty}}'' many years ago when Brenda Fricker's character realises that she has told a girl's parents that she has survived an explosion when, in fact, there has been a mixup and she is actually dead.
* ''{{Psych}}'' in their Hitchcock homage.
* To excellent effect in ''WhiteCollar'', to display Mozzie's extreme emotional distress on entering the federal building for the first time.

* Used a lot in ''TopGear'' with head-on shots of speeding cars.

* ''TheSimpsons'': In the segment, "Hungry are the Damned" from the first Treehouse of Horror, this kind of shot is used when Lisa first sees the flying saucer.

* Used frequently in ''SamAndMax: The Devil's Playhouse'', as a bit of visual jargon representing the use of psychic powers.

* Used in "Weird Al" Yankovic's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-0TEJMJOhk "Foil" music video]] while ranting about Illuminati conspiracies

[[TropeMaker First used]] by Alfred Hitchcock in the movie ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'' as an ImpairmentShot to show the audience what the protagonist is experiencing every time his fear of heights kick in. The opening scene can be seen [[http://movieclips.com/RsdM-vertigo-movie-officer-down/ here]] displaying the effect about 55 seconds in.

* In ''Film/{{Psycho}}'', the infamous stair scene may be as iconic as the shower scene.

* Done in a cutscene in the original ''TombRaider''. ''Tomb Raider: Anniversary'' also uses this effect whenever Lara looks down while hanging from a ledge.

* A few instances in Serenity's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53EMv7yvLj8‎ The Chevalier]] video, with some shots on the lead singer Georg and also on the special guest, Aylin (lead singer of Sirenia)

* Used in ''Franchise/MassEffect'' when sprinting.

* ''MrBean in Room 426'' has one of these, when the title character realizes he's just consumed a bunch of rotten oysters.

* The ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'' shot (and quite a bit of the Hitchcock oeuvre) is parodied on SylvesterAndTweetyMysteries with Sylvester in the place of the main character.

* In the segment, "Hungry are the Damned" from the first [[TheSimpsons Treehouse of Horror]], this kind of shot is used when Lisa first sees the flying saucer.

* Used in the season 1 episode "Betty Full of Turkey" of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', when Lily finds out the typical size of an Eriksen newborn.

* Used in ''MassEffect'' when sprinting.

* Used to the point of self-parody in ''TheQuickAndTheDead''. A textbook-worthy example happens while Herod and The Kid (Father and Son) square off.

* In ''{{Apollo 13}}'', Jim Lovell announces "Houston, we are venting something out into space"; we cut to Gene Krantz back in Mission Control, and use this effect to show just how dreadful this news is.

The camera lens zooms in on the subject, while the camera itself is physically moved away from it, or vice versa. This effectively changes the focal length of the lens without altering the image composition. This causes the image's depth information to either compress or stretch, making the image look like it's getting deeper or flatter, or to put it another way, objects in the foreground and background will appear to change in size relative to eachother (the foreground may get larger or stay the same size while the background shrinks, or the foreground may shrink while the background gets larger or stays the same size).