{
 "slug": "truck",
 "name": "Truck (left or right)",
 "category": "move",
 "group": "Physical moves",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-10-13",
 "effect": "Slides past a scene like a window; layers in depth separate.",
 "use_when": "Product rows, shelves, a team at desks, a reveal along a wall.",
 "phrase": "truck right, the camera slides sideways along the shelf at a steady pace, it keeps facing the products while they pass through the frame",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "A pan turns the camera on one point; a truck carries the whole camera along a line. Only the truck gives parallax.",
   "evidence": "film-craft",
   "source": "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": "Truck right",
   "text": "truck right. Movement: move the camera physically to the right on a straight horizontal path. Speed: smooth constant lateral travel. Framing: keep the lens facing the same direction while the scene slides across frame. End: finish on a clean lateral composition.",
   "credit": "AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)",
   "source_url": "https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/10-truck-right-hq.mp4",
   "group": "Physical Moves",
   "intensity": null,
   "cue": null,
   "shot": "Shot 10",
   "family": null,
   "aliases": [],
   "media": {
    "video": "/media/aicameramovements/10-truck-right-hq.mp4",
    "card": "/media/aicameramovements/10-truck-right-hq-card.mp4",
    "poster": "/media/aicameramovements/10-truck-right-hq.jpg",
    "card_poster": "/media/aicameramovements/10-truck-right-hq-card.jpg",
    "width": 1280,
    "height": 720,
    "duration": 15
   }
  },
  {
   "site": "aicameramovements",
   "name": "Truck left",
   "text": "truck left. Movement: move the camera physically to the left on a straight horizontal path. Speed: smooth constant lateral travel. Framing: keep the lens facing the same direction while the scene slides across frame. End: finish on a clean lateral composition.",
   "credit": "AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)",
   "source_url": "https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/10b-truck-left-hq.mp4",
   "group": "Physical Moves",
   "intensity": null,
   "cue": null,
   "shot": "Shot 10B",
   "family": null,
   "aliases": [],
   "media": {
    "video": "/media/aicameramovements/10b-truck-left-hq.mp4",
    "card": "/media/aicameramovements/10b-truck-left-hq-card.mp4",
    "poster": "/media/aicameramovements/10b-truck-left-hq.jpg",
    "card_poster": "/media/aicameramovements/10b-truck-left-hq-card.jpg",
    "width": 1280,
    "height": 720,
    "duration": 15
   }
  }
 ],
 "site_names": [
  "Truck right",
  "Truck left"
 ],
 "related": [
  "pan",
  "slider-shot",
  "side-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:** slides sideways on a straight line, still facing forward\n- **Pace:** steady\n- **Keep:** the lens pointing the same way while the scene slides past\n- **Ends:** a clean frame further along",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/move/truck",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/move/truck.md",
 "prompts": {
  "seedance-2.5": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot\nOptics and camera: Truck right, the camera slides sideways along the shelf at a steady pace, it keeps facing the products while they pass through the frame. Camera: slides sideways on a straight line, still facing forward. Pace: steady. Keep: the lens pointing the same way while the scene slides past. Ends: a clean frame further along.\nReference clip (Truck right): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/10-truck-right-hq.mp4",
  "seedance-2.0": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1: one continuous shot\nOptics and camera: Truck right, the camera slides sideways along the shelf at a steady pace, it keeps facing the products while they pass through the frame. Camera: slides sideways on a straight line, still facing forward. Pace: steady. Keep: the lens pointing the same way while the scene slides past. Ends: a clean frame further along.\nReference clip (Truck right): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/10-truck-right-hq.mp4",
  "kling-3": "[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Truck right, the camera slides sideways along the shelf at a steady pace, it keeps facing the products while they pass through the frame. Camera: slides sideways on a straight line, still facing forward. Pace: steady. Keep: the lens pointing the same way while the scene slides past. Ends: a clean frame further along.\nReference clip (Truck right): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/10-truck-right-hq.mp4",
  "veo-3.1": "Truck right, the camera slides sideways along the shelf at a steady pace, it keeps facing the products while they pass through the frame. Camera: slides sideways on a straight line, still facing forward. Pace: steady. Keep: the lens pointing the same way while the scene slides past. Ends: a clean frame further along. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.\nReference clip (Truck right): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/10-truck-right-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."
 }
}