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

That song, a new number called “The Girl in the Bubble,” is staged in one whirling tracking shot.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

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

When the film is buoyant, it is through its blending of diegetic music and traditional scoring to create the auditory equivalent of a tracking shot.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2022

Jackson has regrets, and expresses fear in a particularly vulnerable moment, but he may be most expressive in the best scene with that final tracking shot.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2021

I take a tracking shot into the wedding hall, aglow with thousands of candles, red-and-orange bouquets bursting from the center of tables.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed