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Camera

Shot sizes 16Angles 17Camera moves 43Rigs 6Lenses 10Focus and depth 4

Frame

Composition 14Aspect ratios 11

Light and look

Light 22Time of day 12Colour looks 14Film stock and texture 9Art styles 6

People and places

Characters 6Expressions 31Settings 6

Motion

Subject motion and speed 9

Edit

Transitions 21Edit effects 41Sound 14

Story

Hooks 46Script arcs 10Video formats 11Calls to action 5Test and publish 16

Recipes

Presets 28Prompt guides 11

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Camera moves

Side tracking

Shows motion as a clean line across the frame; speed and direction become graphic.

Use when
Runners, cyclists, a car passing, a person walking along a wall.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot Optics and camera: Side tracking shot, the camera travels parallel to him at the same speed, he stays in profile in the middle of the frame. Camera: travels sideways alongside the subject. Pace: the subject's speed. Keep: the subject in profile at a constant distance. Ends: still moving across the frame. Reference clip (Side tracking): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/19-side-tracking-hq.mp4

Download reference

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

Reference clip by AI Camera Movements, shown with permission.

Move card

Camera
Travels sideways alongside the subject
Pace
The subject's speed
Keep
The subject in profile at a constant distance
Ends
Still moving across the frame

Say it like this

Side tracking shot, the camera travels parallel to him at the same speed, he stays in profile in the middle of the frame.

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The maker's card

Related

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

Shows a person in thought or in motion, at a distance from the viewer.

Side profilePrompt

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)

For agents: this card as markdown, as JSON.