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Tracking shot

How to prompt a tracking shot in AI video

Tracking shot start frame

To prompt a tracking shot in AI video, describe your scene first, then add the camera line as its own sentence: "tracking shot. Movement: move through the scene with the main subject." Finish it with the speed, what stays fixed and how the shot ends, as in the full recipe below.

Camera travels through the scene with the subject.

Best for: Sustained motion — staying with a subject as they move through a space.

The recipe

tracking shot. Movement: move through the scene with the main subject. Speed: match the subject pace. Framing: keep the subject consistently readable while the environment moves around them. End: maintain a clear moving composition.

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How to prompt a tracking shot in AI video

  1. 01

    Describe the shot

    Write one or two sentences for the subject, setting and light before any camera language.

  2. 02

    Add the tracking shot recipe

    Append the recipe as its own sentence: "Camera: tracking shot. Movement: move through the scene with the main subject. Speed: match the subject pace. Framing: keep the subject consistently readable while the environment moves around them. End: maintain a clear moving composition."

  3. 03

    Keep one move per shot

    Remove any other camera instructions so the model commits to a single, readable move.

  4. 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: tracking shot. Movement: move through the scene with the main subject. Speed: match the subject pace. Framing: keep the subject consistently readable while the environment moves around them. End: maintain a clear moving composition.”

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Opens the studio with this prompt filled in · 65 free credits

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