Script Issues - Can you please help?

Hi guys, below is a small section of my script and the bottom line where Emily is walking from zone 3 in to zone 2 is what I am having issues with. Basically, I want the zoom to track with her rather than zoom past her body before arriving where I want it to, does that make sense?

Please help if you can, thanks :slightly_smiling_face: xx

@transition curtain in_left black in 2
INT. CITY OFFICE - DAY
@cut to zone 3 AND zoom on 746 429 to 291% in 0
@EMILY spot 0.631 106 341 AND EMILY faces left AND EMILY is rear AND CHRIS stands screen center in zone 2 AND CHRIS faces left AND CHRIS is rear

    EMILY (talk_neutral_loop_rear)
I can't believe its been 18 years ........

@pause for a beat
@cut to zone 2 AND zoom on 0 0 to 100% in 0

    CHRIS (talk_neutral_loop_rear)
What's been 18 years?

@EMILY faces left AND EMILY is idle
@cut to zone 3 AND zoom on 746 429 to 291% in 0

    EMILY (talk_startled_neutral)
Chris!

@EMILY walks to screen right in zone 2 in 4 AND CHRIS faces right AND CHRIS is idle AND pan to zone 2 in 4 AND zoom on 0 0 to 100% in 4

you can use follow

Dont think she can…i think follows work following left to right not right to left (so in others words zone 1 to zone 2 NOT zone 2 to zone 1)

maybe try something like this you’ll need to use spot directing to

@CHARACTER walks to spot ###### in 4 THEN CHARACTER walks to spot ###### in zone 2 in 3 AND CHARACTER does it while walk_neutral AND pan to zone 2 in 4
&zoom on 0 0 to 100% in 4

Stella is right.
Emily is going to screen right; therefore, it will work.

@follow EMILY to screen right in zone 2 AND CHRIS faces right AND CHRIS is idle

but shes coming from zone 3

Because she stated the zone to follow to it’s fine.

Template:
@follow [CHARACTER] to [SCREENPOSITION] in zone # in S.

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Ok now wheres the zoom at dont forget the zoom she said

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