B1Follow shot / over-the-shoulder
put the audience in a character's footsteps toward something unknown
A vehicle tracking shot films a moving vehicle from a camera car at the same speed. What it's for: a journey, a getaway; travel as story.


Scene paragraph A winding road through red desert canyons on a hot afternoon, photoreal road movie. A rusty orange vintage camper van drives along the road; at the wheel is a woman in her sixties with silver hair, sunglasses and a denim shirt. Towering red rock walls, blue sky, dust in the air. Live-action footage shot on 35mm film, real people, natural skin and textures.
Front three-quarter tracking shot from a camera car alongside the van, matching its speed from the first second. 0–2s: the van fills the left of the frame, sun glinting on the windshield. 2–4s: the camera car holds pace beside it. 4–6s: canyon walls and roadside scrub stream past while the van stays steady in the frame. 6–8s: she sticks her arm out of the window into the wind, smiling. Throughout: the camera matches the van's speed, one continuous take.
Front three-quarter shows both the vehicle and the driver. Match speed so the vehicle sits still in the frame.
Pairs with: Uncontrolled joy
B1put the audience in a character's footsteps toward something unknown
keep faces readable during dialogue that has to move
carry the audience through a world alongside a character