It’s called a slow “zoom-in + track back” shot. Or, if you will, a slow “track forward + zoom reverse” shot….not sure which one was utilized. Does anyone?
Either way Brendan Hodges is a blathering bullshitter as it’s hardly a “difficult” shot. Steven Spielberg used an urgent zoom-in + track back in Jaws, seven years before he shot E.T.
on Spielberg's birthday thinking about one of his hardest-ever shots pic.twitter.com/mG7FiZQCB3
— Brendan Hodges (@metaplexmovies) December 18, 2023