Pitch Dictionary by pitch.dog
Camera movement & support · Core

Tracking shot

Also called: travelling shot

ELI5

A shot in which the camera travels with, toward, away from or across the subject.

Used in conversation

“The treatment uses the tracking shot to control what the audience notices first.”

Pitch context

This term helps a treatment describe how the camera or light will shape the viewer's experience.

Why it matters: Explains what the image should look like and how it can be framed, captured and lit.

Connected terms

  • Follow shotA tracking shot moves through space on any path; a follow shot is specifically organised around following a subject.
  • Camera movementA tracking shot is one form of camera movement.
  • ShotTracking shot is a narrower kind of Shot.
  • Orbit shotComputed from definition language and shared taxonomy. This indicates proximity, not synonymy.
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