tracking shot

noun

: a scene photographed from a moving dolly

Examples of tracking shot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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 The first two episodes were hard-hitting and fast-paced, emphasized by quick dialogue and long tracking shots following Rogen from scene to scene. — Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 22 Jan. 2020 Lord and Miller, working with the cinematographer Greig Fraser, avoid the conventional visual language of the prestige space epic, with its sterile surfaces and zero-gravity tracking shots. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026 Stuart Bentley, Director of Photography, talked about the set-up, which for the most part was the iPhone in a handheld gimbal unit, with the addition of different extra lenses as needed to permit long tracking shots and so on. — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 19 June 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

Rhymes for tracking shot

See All Rhymes for tracking shot

Browse Nearby Words

tracking
tracking shot
tracking stock
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Tracking shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tracking%20shot. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation

More from Merriam-Webster on tracking shot

Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about tracking shot

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Commonly Misspelled Words

How to Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–) , and Hyphens (-)
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List

One-Word Oxymorons: Bittersweet, Spendthrift, and More

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
hangman letters and game
Hangman Lightning Round Figure out which word fits in the blanks.
See All