A target tracking method applicable to a movable platform including a shooting device (11, 630), the shooting device (11, 630) includes a first shooting assembly for obtaining a first image and a second shooting assembly for obtaining a second image, imaging modes of the first shooting assembly and the second shooting assembly are different, wherein the first shooting assembly is a thermal infrared imaging device and the first image is a thermal infrared image, and wherein the second shooting assembly is a visible light imaging device and the second image is an optical image, said method comprising: calling the first shooting assembly to shoot an environment to obtain the first image; calling the second shooting assembly to shoot an environment to obtain the second image; sending the first image to a control terminal of the movable platform to cause the control terminal to display the first image; obtaining first area indication information sent by the control terminal, the first area indication information being determined by the control terminal by detecting a selection operation of a target object performed by a user on the first image displayed by the control terminal; determining second area indication information of the second image according to the first area indication information and a relative positional relationship between the first shooting assembly and the second shooting assembly; performing target object recognition on an area indicated by the second area indication information in the second image to determine the target object and to obtain a tracking position area of the target object to be tracked in the second image; and adjusting a shooting attitude of the shooting device (11, 630) according to the tracking position area of the target object in the second image, such that the target object is located in a shooting frame of the first shooting assembly, the adjusting including: - adjusting the shooting attitude of the shooting device directly based on the tracking position area of the target object in the second image, or - determining a tracking position area of the target object in the first image according to the tracking position area of the target object in the second image and a relative positional relationship between the first shooting assembly and the second shooting assembly and adjusting a shooting attitude of the shooting device (11, 630) according to the tracking position area of the target object in the first image. calling the first shooting assembly to shoot an environment to obtain the first image; calling the second shooting assembly to shoot an environment to obtain the second image; sending the first image to a control terminal of the movable platform to cause the control terminal to display the first image; obtaining first area indication information sent by the control terminal, the first area indication information being determined by the control terminal by detecting a selection operation of a target object performed by a user on the first image displayed by the control terminal; determining second area indication information of the second image according to the first area indication information and a relative positional relationship between the first shooting assembly and the second shooting assembly; performing target object recognition on an area indicated by the second area indication information in the second image to determine the target object and to obtain a tracking position area of the target object to be tracked in the second image; and adjusting a shooting attitude of the shooting device (11, 630) according to the tracking position area of the target object in the second image, such that the target object is located in a shooting frame of the first shooting assembly, the adjusting including: - adjusting the shooting attitude of the shooting device directly based on the tracking position area of the target object in the second image, or - determining a tracking position area of the target object in the first image according to the tracking position area of the target object in the second image and a relative positional relationship between the first shooting assembly and the second shooting assembly and adjusting a shooting attitude of the shooting device (11, 630) according to the tracking position area of the target object in the first image. - adjusting the shooting attitude of the shooting device directly based on the tracking position area of the target object in the second image, or - determining a tracking position area of the target object in the first image according to the tracking position area of the target object in the second image and a relative positional relationship between the first shooting assembly and the second shooting assembly and adjusting a shooting attitude of the shooting device (11, 630) according to the tracking position area of the target object in the first image.