{
 "slug": "follow-shot",
 "name": "Follow shot",
 "category": "move",
 "group": "Dolly and track",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-10-13",
 "effect": "The viewer walks in someone's footsteps and sees where they are going.",
 "use_when": "Arrivals, a tour of a venue, behind-the-scenes content.",
 "phrase": "follow shot from behind at shoulder height, the camera trails two metres behind her as she walks into the hall",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Seen from behind, a real person keeps no likeness, which makes this shot safe when the face must stay unrecognisable.",
   "evidence": "measured",
   "source": "Director Chair field notes on image prompting"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [
  {
   "site": "aicameramovements",
   "url": "https://aicameramovements.com/",
   "what": "a looping example clip of this move and a free prompt card (link only)"
  },
  {
   "site": "aicameracontrol",
   "url": "https://aicameracontrol.com/",
   "what": "a free 3D stage to place the person and set the lens before you generate"
  }
 ],
 "licensed": [
  {
   "site": "aicameramovements",
   "name": "Follow shot / over-the-shoulder",
   "text": "follow shot from behind. Movement: move behind the subject along their route at shoulder height. Speed: match the subject's pace. Framing: keep the back, shoulder or head as the foreground guide while the route ahead stays readable. End: continue following with the subject leading the frame.",
   "credit": "AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)",
   "source_url": "https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/17-follow-shot-over-the-shoulder-hq.mp4",
   "group": "Dolly/Track",
   "intensity": null,
   "cue": null,
   "shot": "Shot 17",
   "family": null,
   "aliases": [],
   "media": {
    "video": "/media/aicameramovements/17-follow-shot-over-the-shoulder-hq.mp4",
    "card": "/media/aicameramovements/17-follow-shot-over-the-shoulder-hq-card.mp4",
    "poster": "/media/aicameramovements/17-follow-shot-over-the-shoulder-hq.jpg",
    "card_poster": "/media/aicameramovements/17-follow-shot-over-the-shoulder-hq-card.jpg",
    "width": 1280,
    "height": 720,
    "duration": 15
   }
  }
 ],
 "site_names": [
  "Follow shot / over-the-shoulder"
 ],
 "related": [
  "back-view",
  "tracking-shot",
  "reverse-tracking-shot"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "film-craft",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Move names and the seven groups from aicameramovements.com (names and structure only); behaviour and numbers in our own words from Director Chair field notes on video prompting and the first Director Chair spec"
 },
 "body": "## Move card\n\n- **Camera:** travels behind the subject at shoulder height\n- **Pace:** the subject's pace\n- **Keep:** the back of the head and shoulder as a guide in the frame, the route ahead readable\n- **Ends:** still following, the subject leading",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/move/follow-shot",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/move/follow-shot.md",
 "prompts": {
  "seedance-2.5": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot\nOptics and camera: Follow shot from behind at shoulder height, the camera trails two metres behind her as she walks into the hall. Camera: travels behind the subject at shoulder height. Pace: the subject's pace. Keep: the back of the head and shoulder as a guide in the frame, the route ahead readable. Ends: still following, the subject leading.\nReference clip (Follow shot / over-the-shoulder): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/17-follow-shot-over-the-shoulder-hq.mp4",
  "seedance-2.0": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1: one continuous shot\nOptics and camera: Follow shot from behind at shoulder height, the camera trails two metres behind her as she walks into the hall. Camera: travels behind the subject at shoulder height. Pace: the subject's pace. Keep: the back of the head and shoulder as a guide in the frame, the route ahead readable. Ends: still following, the subject leading.\nReference clip (Follow shot / over-the-shoulder): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/17-follow-shot-over-the-shoulder-hq.mp4",
  "kling-3": "[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Follow shot from behind at shoulder height, the camera trails two metres behind her as she walks into the hall. Camera: travels behind the subject at shoulder height. Pace: the subject's pace. Keep: the back of the head and shoulder as a guide in the frame, the route ahead readable. Ends: still following, the subject leading.\nReference clip (Follow shot / over-the-shoulder): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/17-follow-shot-over-the-shoulder-hq.mp4",
  "veo-3.1": "Follow shot from behind at shoulder height, the camera trails two metres behind her as she walks into the hall. Camera: travels behind the subject at shoulder height. Pace: the subject's pace. Keep: the back of the head and shoulder as a guide in the frame, the route ahead readable. Ends: still following, the subject leading. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.\nReference clip (Follow shot / over-the-shoulder): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/17-follow-shot-over-the-shoulder-hq.mp4"
 },
 "licence": {
  "code": "MIT",
  "text": "CC BY 4.0",
  "third_party": "Clips and card texts inside a \"licensed\" block belong to their makers and are shown with permission and credit."
 }
}