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* ''[[The Green Hornet (film)|The Green Hornet]]'' takes this concept [[Up to Eleven]] by having the villain send out his henchman to pass along his orders to kill the titular hero to all the hoodlums under his thumb. Rather than track each person who receives the call, the camera ''divides into more cameras'' to follow every single hoodlum as they are mobilized, {{spoiler|up until all the views end in the deaths of a dozen criminals mistaken for the Green Hornet}}.
* At the beginning of ''[[The Lion King]] 1 1/2'', there was a tracking shot that backs very far away from Pride Rock, finally stopping at a field in the middle of nowhere which soon reveals itself as a meerkat colony.
* ''[[1776]]'' starts with an amazing shot that follows John Adams down the spiralling stairs from the top of Independence Hall's bell tower, across the building's huge foyer, and into the CongressionalContinental meeting roomCongress, where he delivering his opening monologue before the first song, all in one take. The filmmakers note in the DVD commentary how difficult it followswas himbuilding througha camera rig that would give a smooth transition from descending from the beginningceiling ofinto the Congress chamber. There's a musicalnoticeable bump as the camera is wheeled off the extending platform used to film the stairs part of the numbershot.
 
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