# Vehicle tracking

Camera / Camera move / Dolly and track. Checked 2026-10-13.

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

- Use when: Car and bike content, delivery and mobility brands.
- Phrase: 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
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/move/vehicle-tracking-shot
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/move/vehicle-tracking-shot.json

## 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)

## Move card

- **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: Vehicle tracking

> 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.

Credit: AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com). Source: https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/21-vehicle-tracking-hq.mp4
Clip: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/21-vehicle-tracking-hq.mp4
Poster: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/21-vehicle-tracking-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: 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
```

### Seedance 2.0

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1: 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
```

### Kling 3.0

```
[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. 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
```

### Veo 3.1

```
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. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.
Reference clip (Vehicle tracking): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/21-vehicle-tracking-hq.mp4
```

## Look further

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

## Goes well with

- Tracking shot: https://directorchair.ai/move/tracking-shot
- Chase shot: https://directorchair.ai/move/chase-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.