tracking shot

American  

noun

Movies, Television.

1. dolly shot.

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tracking shot British  

noun

1. a camera shot in which the cameraman follows a specific person or event in the action

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Etymology

Origin of tracking shot

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

When Jack Delroy does it, we’re just admiring how cinematographer Matthew Temple captures his breakdown in a marvelous tracking shot.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024

The music shifts and follows you down the walkway, and it feels like you’re being pulled through a tracking shot of a near-future sci-fi film.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2024

In the Wesiverse, it goes in all those directions — and sometimes up and down, too — in a single tracking shot, allowing, Anderson said, for unbroken expression.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2023

Even a tracking shot of EO trotting through a lighted tunnel is mesmerizing.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2022

My head leaning against the carriage window, I watch these houses roll past me like a tracking shot in a film.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins