tracking shot

noun

: a scene photographed from a moving dolly

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An abduction sequence ties the audience’s nerves in knots with cinematographer Isaac Bauman’s athletic tracking shot loping up the stairs to Margot’s apartment accompanied by Gavin Brivik’s pulse-hammering score. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026 According to the league, the two shots on goal by Blue Jackets forwards on Thursday are also the fewest in a game since the NHL started tracking shots on goal in the 1959-60 season. Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2026 Often favoring intimate, nervy tracking shots, Janis Mazuch’s cinematography is fluid and unassuming — save for in one showpiece shot, circling a raucous musical gathering in Pristina’s central town square. Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Jan. 2026 But there are also dolly and tracking shots and a series of static frames that shift the view from subjective to objective. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 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 26 Apr. 2026.

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