Follow shot
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Follow shot is a specific camera shot in which the subject being filmed is seemingly pursued by the camera. The follow shot can be achieved through tracking devices, panning, the use of a crane, and zoom lenses resulting in different qualitative images but, nevertheless, recording a subject (performer) in motion.
An excellent example of where this technique is used in film, is in 'Elephant' by Gus Van Sant, a movie about a Columbine-like school shooting. Each character is followed continuously during their narrative time.
This technique is also widely used throughout the movie Children of Men, which earned an Academy Award nomination for its cinematography.
