Tracking / Follow

Still-image prompt

Initial-frame preparation only. A still image cannot demonstrate motion, editing or audible timing.

Create only the initial frame; motion is specified separately.
Scene: A pale sage-green utility van and an adult passenger with a muted red paper route card occupy a closed test lane. Cream safety blocks and graphite upholstery supply a simple, controlled vehicle-study setting.
Initial state: Virtual chase camera 1.2 m high behind a dark foreground hood, sage van 12 m ahead on closed lane.
Still reference: Full-frame 36 mm wide reference, 16:9 framing; optics 50 mm virtual prime; f/8; exposure 1/48 s
Lighting: Use overcast 6000 K ambient light with 5600 K white balance. Soft 5600 K interior fill supports faces without resembling a dashboard lamp. Hold windshield reflections and pale paint below clipping; lock exposure throughout the run.
Color: Sage paint and cream road blocks contrast with graphite upholstery and a muted red route card. Shadows remain cool grey, faces natural, bright glass reflections neutral. Use restrained saturation and smooth highlights with visible asphalt texture.
Do not depict multiple future moments in this one frame. This still alone is not evidence that a dynamic technique succeeded.

Production prompt

Complete execution and assembly recipe. Independent sources below must be acquired separately where specified.

PRODUCTION RECIPE: Tracking / Follow / Car Chasing
Output: 8 s. Workflow: single_take. Format: Full-frame 36 mm wide reference, 16:9 framing.
Core constraint: Travel with the moving subject using the declared relative position and distance profile. Maintain spatial continuity; follow focus and framing without replacing travel with a stationary telephoto pan.
Scene: A pale sage-green utility van and an adult passenger with a muted red paper route card occupy a closed test lane. Cream safety blocks and graphite upholstery supply a simple, controlled vehicle-study setting.
Initial state: Virtual chase camera 1.2 m high behind a dark foreground hood, sage van 12 m ahead on closed lane.
Action / timeline: The lead van travels 40 m in eight seconds. The chase platform travels 44 m, closing the gap from 12 m to 8 m over the first six seconds, then matching the van's speed for the final two. The van stays ahead on the same lane; the foreground chase hood is fixed while markings stream and the van grows moderately. The foreground hood belongs to the chase vehicle, not the lead van. Close the gap from 12 to 8 m over six seconds, then match speed for two seconds; preserve both vehicle identities.
End state: Van remains eight metres ahead, with both machines' relationship readable.
Camera design reference: Full-frame 36 mm wide reference, 16:9 framing; optics 50 mm virtual prime; fixed focal length; f/8; exposure 1/48 s; capture 24 fps; playback 24 fps; focus: Follow van from 12 m to 8 m; chase hood deliberately soft.
Lighting: Use overcast 6000 K ambient light with 5600 K white balance. Soft 5600 K interior fill supports faces without resembling a dashboard lamp. Hold windshield reflections and pale paint below clipping; lock exposure throughout the run.
Color: Sage paint and cream road blocks contrast with graphite upholstery and a muted red route card. Shadows remain cool grey, faces natural, bright glass reflections neutral. Use restrained saturation and smooth highlights with visible asphalt texture.
Assembly / finishing: Use a coherent virtual vehicle scene with a rigid camera-parent transform where specified. No physical mounting or driving stunt is required by this recipe.
Avoid: Parked vehicle with a static outside world; Rig anchor drifting independently of its vehicle
Parameters are design references; generated output requires visual and, where applicable, audible verification.

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• Pan

  Rotate horizontally from a fixed station and height with fixed focal length. Follow the declared angle and timing; do not translate toward the destination.

• Tilt

  Keep the station and camera height fixed; rotate only pitch with fixed focal length. Stage the intended start and end crops and follow focus only as required.

• Dolly Translation

  Translate the camera through the declared path at fixed focal length. Let foreground/background perspective change; focus may track distance, and only explicitly declared aiming compensation is allowed.

• Truck / Lateral Parallax

  Translate laterally at fixed height, focal length and heading. Keep the scene stationary so near/far parallax and changing occlusion prove the move.

• Body-Supported Stabilizer

  Use a body-supported stabilizer reference to isolate footfall shocks while following one continuous route. If the route crosses a doorway, pass through its actual open space; on stairs, gain real height with the steps.

• Handheld / Reactive Motion

  Tie small camera motion to breath, steps and a readable reaction. Keep the subject recoverable; avoid random violent procedural shake or an artificially perfect repeating cycle.

• Aerial Travel

  Use one coherent elevated route with persistent terrain landmarks and the specified height profile. Fixed focal length; do not replace flight with a flat map enlargement.