# Follow shot

Camera / Camera move / Dolly and track. Checked 2026-10-13.

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
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/move/follow-shot
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/move/follow-shot.json

## Watch out

- Seen from behind, a real person keeps no likeness, which makes this shot safe when the face must stay unrecognisable. (measured; Director Chair field notes on image prompting)

## Move card

- **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

## Reference: Follow shot / over-the-shoulder

> 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: https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/17-follow-shot-over-the-shoulder-hq.mp4
Clip: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/17-follow-shot-over-the-shoulder-hq.mp4
Poster: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/17-follow-shot-over-the-shoulder-hq.jpg

## Prompts

### Seedance 2.5

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot
Optics 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.
Reference 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].
Shot 1: one continuous shot
Optics 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.
Reference clip (Follow shot / over-the-shoulder): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/17-follow-shot-over-the-shoulder-hq.mp4
```

### Kling 3.0

```
[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.
Reference 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.
Reference clip (Follow shot / over-the-shoulder): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/17-follow-shot-over-the-shoulder-hq.mp4
```

## Look further

- https://aicameramovements.com/ : a looping example clip of this move and a free prompt card (link only)
- https://aicameracontrol.com/ : a free 3D stage to place the person and set the lens before you generate

## Goes well with

- From behind: https://directorchair.ai/angle/back-view
- Tracking shot: https://directorchair.ai/move/tracking-shot
- Reverse tracking (walk and talk): https://directorchair.ai/move/reverse-tracking-shot

## Source

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

Text CC BY 4.0, Director Chair (directorchair.ai). Reference clips and their card texts belong to their makers.