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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A movie shot made by a camera moving steadily on a track or dolly.
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- noun cinematography, film In
filmmaking , acontinuously recordedsegment containing noedits , in which the camera is moved (often mounted on adolly rolling ontracks ) so as tosweep through anextensive area or to follow the physicalmovement of characters or events.
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gangerh commented on the word tracking shot
The action of moving a camera along a path parallel to the path of the object being filmed.
July 31, 2008