{
 "slug": "low-tracking-shot",
 "name": "Low tracking",
 "category": "move",
 "group": "Dolly and track",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-10-13",
 "effect": "Puts the viewer at ground level with feet, paws or wheels; energy and texture.",
 "use_when": "Shoes, skateboards, pets, product shots on the move.",
 "phrase": "low tracking shot, the camera travels a hand's height above the ground next to her feet as she walks",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "Give one main camera move per shot. Two moves at once, or orders that contradict each other, make the camera wander.",
   "evidence": "vendor",
   "source": "Kling camera guide and ByteDance Dreamina Seedance guide, via Director Chair field notes on video 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)"
  }
 ],
 "licensed": [
  {
   "site": "aicameramovements",
   "name": "Low tracking",
   "text": "low tracking shot. Movement: move at ground or below-waist height alongside the subject's movement path. Speed: match the subject, footsteps or wheels. Framing: keep the low detail readable while the ground plane moves through frame. End: finish with the low perspective clearly maintained.",
   "credit": "AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)",
   "source_url": "https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/20-low-tracking-v2-hq.mp4",
   "group": "Dolly/Track",
   "intensity": null,
   "cue": null,
   "shot": "Shot 20",
   "family": null,
   "aliases": [],
   "media": {
    "video": "/media/aicameramovements/20-low-tracking-v2-hq.mp4",
    "card": "/media/aicameramovements/20-low-tracking-v2-hq-card.mp4",
    "poster": "/media/aicameramovements/20-low-tracking-v2-hq.jpg",
    "card_poster": "/media/aicameramovements/20-low-tracking-v2-hq-card.jpg",
    "width": 1280,
    "height": 720,
    "duration": 15
   }
  }
 ],
 "site_names": [
  "Low tracking"
 ],
 "related": [
  "tracking-shot",
  "worms-eye-view"
 ],
 "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 close to the ground beside the subject\n- **Pace:** the pace of the feet or wheels\n- **Keep:** the ground rushing through the lower frame\n- **Ends:** still low, still moving",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/move/low-tracking-shot",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/move/low-tracking-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: Low tracking shot, the camera travels a hand's height above the ground next to the subject's feet as the subject walks. Camera: travels close to the ground beside the subject. Pace: the pace of the feet or wheels. Keep: the ground rushing through the lower frame. Ends: still low, still moving.\nReference clip (Low tracking): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/20-low-tracking-v2-hq.mp4",
  "seedance-2.0": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1: one continuous shot\nOptics and camera: Low tracking shot, the camera travels a hand's height above the ground next to the subject's feet as the subject walks. Camera: travels close to the ground beside the subject. Pace: the pace of the feet or wheels. Keep: the ground rushing through the lower frame. Ends: still low, still moving.\nReference clip (Low tracking): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/20-low-tracking-v2-hq.mp4",
  "kling-3": "[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Low tracking shot, the camera travels a hand's height above the ground next to the subject's feet as the subject walks. Camera: travels close to the ground beside the subject. Pace: the pace of the feet or wheels. Keep: the ground rushing through the lower frame. Ends: still low, still moving.\nReference clip (Low tracking): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/20-low-tracking-v2-hq.mp4",
  "veo-3.1": "Low tracking shot, the camera travels a hand's height above the ground next to the subject's feet as the subject walks. Camera: travels close to the ground beside the subject. Pace: the pace of the feet or wheels. Keep: the ground rushing through the lower frame. Ends: still low, still moving. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.\nReference clip (Low tracking): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/20-low-tracking-v2-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."
 }
}