{
 "slug": "vehicle-tracking-shot",
 "name": "Vehicle tracking",
 "category": "move",
 "group": "Dolly and track",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-10-13",
 "effect": "Keeps a moving vehicle steady in frame while the world rushes past.",
 "use_when": "Car and bike content, delivery and mobility brands.",
 "phrase": "vehicle tracking shot, the camera travels alongside the car at the same speed, the car steady in frame while the road and trees stream past",
 "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": "Vehicle tracking",
   "text": "vehicle tracking shot. Movement: move with the vehicle along its route. Speed: match the vehicle's pace. Framing: keep the vehicle stable in frame while the road or environment moves past. End: maintain a clear moving vehicle composition.",
   "credit": "AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)",
   "source_url": "https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/21-vehicle-tracking-hq.mp4",
   "group": "Dolly/Track",
   "intensity": null,
   "cue": null,
   "shot": "Shot 21",
   "family": null,
   "aliases": [],
   "media": {
    "video": "/media/aicameramovements/21-vehicle-tracking-hq.mp4",
    "card": "/media/aicameramovements/21-vehicle-tracking-hq-card.mp4",
    "poster": "/media/aicameramovements/21-vehicle-tracking-hq.jpg",
    "card_poster": "/media/aicameramovements/21-vehicle-tracking-hq-card.jpg",
    "width": 1280,
    "height": 720,
    "duration": 15
   }
  }
 ],
 "site_names": [
  "Vehicle tracking"
 ],
 "related": [
  "tracking-shot",
  "chase-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 with the vehicle\n- **Pace:** the vehicle's speed\n- **Keep:** the vehicle steady in frame while the road streams past\n- **Ends:** the vehicle still centred in motion",
 "shown_with": null,
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/move/vehicle-tracking-shot",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/move/vehicle-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: Vehicle tracking shot, the camera travels alongside the car at the same speed, the car steady in frame while the road and trees stream past. Camera: travels with the vehicle. Pace: the vehicle's speed. Keep: the vehicle steady in frame while the road streams past. Ends: the vehicle still centred in motion.\nReference clip (Vehicle tracking): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/21-vehicle-tracking-hq.mp4",
  "seedance-2.0": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1: one continuous shot\nOptics and camera: Vehicle tracking shot, the camera travels alongside the car at the same speed, the car steady in frame while the road and trees stream past. Camera: travels with the vehicle. Pace: the vehicle's speed. Keep: the vehicle steady in frame while the road streams past. Ends: the vehicle still centred in motion.\nReference clip (Vehicle tracking): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/21-vehicle-tracking-hq.mp4",
  "kling-3": "[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Vehicle tracking shot, the camera travels alongside the car at the same speed, the car steady in frame while the road and trees stream past. Camera: travels with the vehicle. Pace: the vehicle's speed. Keep: the vehicle steady in frame while the road streams past. Ends: the vehicle still centred in motion.\nReference clip (Vehicle tracking): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/21-vehicle-tracking-hq.mp4",
  "veo-3.1": "Vehicle tracking shot, the camera travels alongside the car at the same speed, the car steady in frame while the road and trees stream past. Camera: travels with the vehicle. Pace: the vehicle's speed. Keep: the vehicle steady in frame while the road streams past. Ends: the vehicle still centred in motion. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.\nReference clip (Vehicle tracking): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/21-vehicle-tracking-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."
 }
}