Vehicle tracking

Keeps a moving vehicle steady in frame while the world rushes past.

Use when: Car and bike content, delivery and mobility brands.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot Optics and camera: Vehicle tracking shot, the camera travels alongside the car at the same speed, the car steady in frame while the road and trees stream past. Camera: travels with the vehicle. Pace: the vehicle's speed. Keep: the vehicle steady in frame while the road streams past. Ends: the vehicle still centred in motion. Reference clip (Vehicle tracking): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/21-vehicle-tracking-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 with the vehicle
Pace: The vehicle's speed
Keep: The vehicle steady in frame while the road streams past
Ends: The vehicle still centred in motion

Say it like this

Vehicle tracking shot, the camera travels alongside the car at the same speed, the car steady in frame while the road and trees stream past.

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

vehicle tracking shot. Movement: move with the vehicle along its route. Speed: match the vehicle's pace. Framing: keep the vehicle stable in frame while the road or environment moves past. End: maintain a clear moving vehicle composition.AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)

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

Urgency: the camera struggles to keep up with fast action.Chase shotPrompt

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.

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