A1Dolly in
draw the audience into a character's head; build importance
A truck right slides the whole camera sideways to the right, lens facing forward. What it's for: present a row (a lineup, a team, a queue), ending on the one who matters.
A7

Scene paragraph A 1950s jazz lounge at night, photoreal period drama, Kodak film grain. A long polished wooden bar with red leather stools runs into the room, bottles glowing on mirrored shelves behind it, a bartender in a white jacket polishing a glass. To the left of the bar are small round tables, a dark wooden column and a small stage with a red curtain under warm spotlights, where a woman in a red dress sits alone at a table. At the far right end of the bar a saxophonist in a grey suit waits on a stool. Warm amber light and haze.
The shot opens at seated eye level on the middle of the bar and the bartender, the camera on a dolly track travelling sideways toward screen right from the first second, the lens always facing the bar. 0–2s: the bartender polishes a glass as the travel begins. 2–4s: the red stools in the foreground glide leftward past the lens faster than the bar, while the bottles behind drift slowly. 4–6s: the layered parallax continues as the far right end of the bar comes into view. 6–8s: the travel stops facing the saxophonist, who lifts his saxophone and starts to play. Throughout: sideways travel with the lens pointing the same way, horizon level, one continuous take.
“The lens always facing the bar” is the line that keeps a truck from turning into a pan.
Other direction: Truck left
Pairs with: Quiet triumph
A1draw the audience into a character's head; build importance
A2enter a private space; make the audience feel they are sneaking in
A3Newa hidden reveal; a "curtain" between beats