A whip zoom (also referred to as a snap zoom or crash zoom) is a type of camera shot in which the camera zooms in or out quickly, allowing the viewer to focus on the subject. Another use of the whip zoom is to enable the shot to be edited as a cut from a long shot to a close up, or vice versa. This technique is used by several directors such as

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. Examples can be seen in 1970s kung fu film and in the movies '' Kill Bill: Volume 2'', '' Goodfellas'', ''

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''. Horror genre examples can be found in '' The Shining'' and '' The Exorcist III''.

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