# Truck (left or right)

Camera / Camera move / Physical moves. Checked 2026-10-13.

Slides past a scene like a window; layers in depth separate.

- Use when: Product rows, shelves, a team at desks, a reveal along a wall.
- Phrase: truck right, the camera slides sideways along the shelf at a steady pace, it keeps facing the products while they pass through the frame
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/move/truck
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/move/truck.json

## Watch out

- A pan turns the camera on one point; a truck carries the whole camera along a line. Only the truck gives parallax. (film-craft; Director Chair field notes on video prompting)

## Move card

- **Camera:** slides sideways on a straight line, still facing forward
- **Pace:** steady
- **Keep:** the lens pointing the same way while the scene slides past
- **Ends:** a clean frame further along

## Reference: Truck right

> truck right. Movement: move the camera physically to the right on a straight horizontal path. Speed: smooth constant lateral travel. Framing: keep the lens facing the same direction while the scene slides across frame. End: finish on a clean lateral composition.

Credit: AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com). Source: https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/10-truck-right-hq.mp4
Clip: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/10-truck-right-hq.mp4
Poster: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/10-truck-right-hq.jpg

## Reference: Truck left

> truck left. Movement: move the camera physically to the left on a straight horizontal path. Speed: smooth constant lateral travel. Framing: keep the lens facing the same direction while the scene slides across frame. End: finish on a clean lateral composition.

Credit: AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com). Source: https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/10b-truck-left-hq.mp4
Clip: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/10b-truck-left-hq.mp4
Poster: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/10b-truck-left-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: Truck right, the camera slides sideways along the shelf at a steady pace, it keeps facing the products while they pass through the frame. Camera: slides sideways on a straight line, still facing forward. Pace: steady. Keep: the lens pointing the same way while the scene slides past. Ends: a clean frame further along.
Reference clip (Truck right): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/10-truck-right-hq.mp4
```

### Seedance 2.0

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1: one continuous shot
Optics and camera: Truck right, the camera slides sideways along the shelf at a steady pace, it keeps facing the products while they pass through the frame. Camera: slides sideways on a straight line, still facing forward. Pace: steady. Keep: the lens pointing the same way while the scene slides past. Ends: a clean frame further along.
Reference clip (Truck right): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/10-truck-right-hq.mp4
```

### Kling 3.0

```
[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Truck right, the camera slides sideways along the shelf at a steady pace, it keeps facing the products while they pass through the frame. Camera: slides sideways on a straight line, still facing forward. Pace: steady. Keep: the lens pointing the same way while the scene slides past. Ends: a clean frame further along.
Reference clip (Truck right): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/10-truck-right-hq.mp4
```

### Veo 3.1

```
Truck right, the camera slides sideways along the shelf at a steady pace, it keeps facing the products while they pass through the frame. Camera: slides sideways on a straight line, still facing forward. Pace: steady. Keep: the lens pointing the same way while the scene slides past. Ends: a clean frame further along. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.
Reference clip (Truck right): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/10-truck-right-hq.mp4
```

## Look further

- https://aicameramovements.com/ : a looping example clip of this move and a free prompt card (link only)

## Goes well with

- Pan (left or right): https://directorchair.ai/move/pan
- Slider: https://directorchair.ai/move/slider-shot
- Side tracking: https://directorchair.ai/move/side-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.