Tracking shot

A shot in which the camera travels through space, for example following or approaching a character.

A shot in which the camera changes position, moving forwards, backwards or sideways.

In a tracking shot, the camera itself moves forwards, backwards or sideways. Moving alongside a character can keep us involved in their journey. Tracking in towards a face can build intensity by bringing us progressively closer to a reaction.

A shot in which the camera physically moves through space, for example towards a character.

A tracking shot moves the camera; a zoom changes the lens’s focal length. Describe the movement towards Dracula after Renfield cuts his finger as a tracking movement into a close-up.

For a 1-mark identification, name a specific example from the film: ‘the tracking shot through Katz’s Delicatessen’, not simply ‘a tracking shot’.

A shot in which the camera travels through space, following a subject or revealing a setting.

A shot made while the camera moves through space, for example alongside a character or vehicle.

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Eduqas GCSE Film Studies · C670

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