Tracking shot
How to prompt a tracking shot in AI video
Camera travels through the scene with the subject. To get it, describe your scene first, then add the recipe below as its own sentence. It names the move, its speed, what stays fixed and how the shot ends.
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.
How to prompt a 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 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."
- 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.
More Dolly/Track recipes
- Dolly in
- Dolly out
- Follow shot / over-the-shoulder
- Reverse tracking / walk-and-talk
- Side tracking
- Low tracking