Zoom with camera in an animation Is it possible to animate zooming in on an object, or is moving the object the only option available to get it to appear closer to the camera?
You can animate Focal length in camera properties panel



Go to the first frame of you animation and insert a keyframe on the focal length, right click over the focal length and select Insert Keyframe value or press I)

Move to a different frame, change the focal length value and insert another keyframe. 

Animation example