Reverse tracking

The person walks toward the viewer while talking; confident, in motion, going somewhere.

Use when: Founders and presenters talking while walking, a host leading a tour.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot Optics and camera: Reverse tracking shot, the camera moves backward in front of her at her walking pace, she walks and talks toward the lens, her face framed from the chest up. Camera: travels backward ahead of the walking subject. Pace: the subject's walking pace. Keep: the face and chest framed steadily while the street slides behind. Ends: still walking, the face toward the lens. Reference clip (Reverse tracking / walk-and-talk): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/18-reverse-tracking-walk-and-talk-hq.mp4

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Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Reference clip by AI Camera Movements, shown with permission.

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Camera: Travels backward ahead of the walking subject
Pace: The subject's walking pace
Keep: The face and chest framed steadily while the street slides behind
Ends: Still walking, the face toward the lens

Say it like this

Reverse tracking shot, the camera moves backward in front of her at her walking pace, she walks and talks toward the lens, her face framed from the chest up.

Watch out

Give one main camera move per shot. Two moves at once, or orders that contradict each other, make the camera wander.vendor: Kling camera guide and ByteDance Dreamina Seedance guide, via Director Chair field notes on video prompting

The maker's card

reverse tracking shot. Movement: move backward in front of the walking subject. Speed: match the subject's forward pace. Framing: keep front-facing face and body framing stable as the background moves behind them. End: hold a clear front-facing moving composition.AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)

Keeps the viewer with a moving subject so the world slides past.Tracking shotPrompt

Puts the attention on the face while the shoulders and chest still show posture.

Medium close-upPrompt

Sources

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 Checked 2026-10-13.

AI Camera Movements: a looping example clip of this move and a free prompt card (link only)

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