Side tracking
How to prompt a side tracking shot in AI video
To prompt a side tracking shot in AI video, describe your scene first, then add the camera line as its own sentence: "side tracking shot. Movement: move parallel beside the subject along their direction of travel." Finish it with the speed, what stays fixed and how the shot ends, as in the full recipe below.
Camera glides parallel beside the subject.
Best for: Profile motion — showing pace and progress across the frame.
The recipe
side tracking shot. Movement: move parallel beside the subject along their direction of travel. Speed: match the subject motion. Framing: keep the subject in side profile or three-quarter profile at a stable distance. End: continue the parallel movement with clear horizontal motion.
How to prompt a side tracking shot in AI video
- 01
Describe the shot
Write one or two sentences for the subject, setting and light before any camera language.
- 02
Add the side tracking recipe
Append the recipe as its own sentence: "Camera: side tracking shot. Movement: move parallel beside the subject along their direction of travel. Speed: match the subject motion. Framing: keep the subject in side profile or three-quarter profile at a stable distance. End: continue the parallel movement with clear horizontal motion."
- 03
Keep one move per shot
Remove any other camera instructions so the model commits to a single, readable move.
- 04
Generate and review the ending
Check the final frame matches the End line. If the move drifts, shorten the clip or restate what must stay fixed.
One move is one shot. To carry it into the next shot, pin where each clip starts and ends with first-frame / last-frame and chain the shots into a short film with one cast in every shot. Still picking software? Here is what to look for in a short-film tool.
Try this prompt
“A lighthouse on a rocky coast at golden hour, waves breaking softly below, warm light on the stone. Camera: side tracking shot. Movement: move parallel beside the subject along their direction of travel. Speed: match the subject motion. Framing: keep the subject in side profile or three-quarter profile at a stable distance. End: continue the parallel movement with clear horizontal motion.”
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