Tracking shot

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

Use when: Walking scenes, a product carried through a space, sport.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot Optics and camera: Tracking shot, the camera moves alongside him at his walking pace, he stays in the same place in the frame while the street passes. Camera: travels through the scene with the subject. Pace: the subject's own pace. Keep: the subject in the same place in the frame. Ends: still moving, the subject still placed the same. Reference clip (Tracking shot): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/16-tracking-shot-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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Move card

Camera: Travels through the scene with the subject
Pace: The subject's own pace
Keep: The subject in the same place in the frame
Ends: Still moving, the subject still placed the same

Say it like this

Tracking shot, the camera moves alongside him at his walking pace, he stays in the same place in the frame while the street passes.

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

tracking shot. Movement: move through the scene with the main subject. Speed: match the subject's pace. Framing: keep the subject consistently readable while the environment moves around them. End: maintain a clear moving composition.AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)

The viewer walks in someone's footsteps and sees where they are going.Follow shotPrompt

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

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

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)

Camera Control: a free 3D stage to place the person and set the lens before you generate

For agents: this card as markdown, as JSON.

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