tracking shot
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tracking shot
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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One person’s humiliating nadir comes during a painful tracking shot at an outdoor party where they’re shunned like they have the plague.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2025
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
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
Vaughn uses a nifty tracking shot to show what will happen right before it does.
From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2021
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
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