A tracking, or trucking, shot is one in which a camera is mounted on some kind of conveyance (car, ship, airplane, etc.) and films while moving through space. Tracking refers to the practice in studio filmmaking of filming from a wagon set on specially placed lengths of railroad tracks.
Last, Great Party (2:14)
- Film:
- The Magnificent Ambersons, 1942
- Director:
- Orson Welles
- Source:
- 1996 Turner Broadcasting System
- Audio commentary by:
Richard Peña- This clip appears in:
- - Camera Movement
- Tracking (Trucking) Shot
A dolly shot is a variant on the tracking shot; here the camera is mounted on a wheeled platform and then moved through space.