slow-zoom

Slow Zoom Camera Animation

Camera slowly pushes in from a wide establishing shot to a tight close-up on a hero detail (logo, texture, feature). Includes subtle dolly zoom (focal length shift) for cinematic compression.

When to Use

• User wants a "reveal" or "hero shot"
• User says "zoom in", "push in", "close-up on the logo", "cinematic reveal"
• Highlighting a specific detail or feature on the product

Prerequisites

• Blender MCP: Connected
• 3D model: Already imported in the Blender scene
• Output folder: ~/Desktop/Blender Videos/
• ffmpeg: Installed

Parameters

Flow

Step 1: Identify Focus Point

Ask user what detail to zoom into, or default to object center. Use AskUserQuestion if unclear.

Step 2: Set Up Camera

import bpy, math
 
# Focus target
bpy.ops.object.empty_add(type='PLAIN_AXES', location=FOCUS_POINT)

Step 3: Animate Push-In

Step 4: Lighting + Render

Use the same golden hour lighting setup as turntable skill. Render as PNG sequence with Cycles, encode with ffmpeg to ProRes 4444.

Tips

• The focal length shift (35mm to 65mm) creates a subtle dolly zoom / Hitchcock effect
• BEZIER interpolation gives smooth ease-in/out — don't use LINEAR for this animation
• Offset the start position slightly on X (e.g. 1.5) for a more cinematic diagonal approach