tracking shot

noun

: a scene photographed from a moving dolly

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Fans of industry satire, long tracking shots, and tense jazz percussion have cause to celebrate today. Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 6 May 2025 But Mendes passes off the reins after a pilot made visually notable only by a few ambitious backstage tracking shots, which none of the subsequent directors attempt to replicate. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 From there, Téchiné follows the pair in a long tracking shot that keeps them tensely together as their supercharged memories surge forth amid the banal surroundings. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 Rogen and Goldberg directed all 10 episodes of The Studio, and the tracking shot is maybe the show’s most prominent visual signature. Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tracking shot

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1940, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tracking shot was circa 1940

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“Tracking shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tracking%20shot. Accessed 20 May. 2025.

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