Application of dolly zoom effect to videos

A system for applying a dolly zoom effect, the system comprising:

• one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
• obtain video information defining a video, the video having a progress length, the video including visual content viewable as a function of progress through the progress length;
• identify a target depicted within the visual content;
• determine size of the target depicted within the visual content as the function of progress through the progress length;
• determine a viewing window for the visual content as the function of progress through the progress length based on the size of the target depicted within the visual content as the function of progress through the progress length, the viewing window defining extents of the visual content to be included within dolly zoom visual content as the function of progress through the progress length;
• and
• generate the dolly zoom visual content based on the viewing window, the dolly zoom visual content including the extents of the visual content defined by the viewing window.

A method for applying a dolly zoom effect, the method performed by a computing system including one or more processors, the method comprising:

• obtaining, by the computing system, video information defining a video, the video having a progress length, the video including visual content viewable as a function of progress through the progress length;
• identifying, by the computing system, a target depicted within the visual content;
• determining, by the computing system, size of the target depicted within the visual content as the function of progress through the progress length;
• determining, by the computing system, a viewing window for the visual content as the function of progress through the progress length based on the size of the target depicted within the visual content as the function of progress through the progress length, the viewing window defining extents of the visual content to be included within dolly zoom visual content as the function of progress through the progress length;
• and
• generating, by the computing system, the dolly zoom visual content based on the viewing window, the dolly zoom visual content including the extents of the visual content defined by the viewing window.