pull focus
Rack the lens
Pull focus is a cinematography technique where the camera operator shifts the plane of sharpness from one subject to another during a shot, directing the viewer's attention: The camera pulls focus from the detective's face to the gun on the table.
The person who performs this task on a film set is called a focus puller.
Figuratively, to pull focus means to draw attention, often away from something else: Her dramatic entrance pulled focus from the keynote speaker.
- depth of fieldZone of acceptable sharpness
- bokehAesthetic quality of defocus
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- apertureAdjustable optical inlet
- sharpnessKeenness of edge, mind, or image
shallow depth · blur · foreground · background · camera · camera operator · cinematography · follow · selective · shift · crisp · soft · subject · frame · attention · reveal · transition · narrative
- cinematographycamera, lens, shot, shots, lighting
- focusconcentration, attention, concentrate, mindfulness, hyperfocus
- camera shotsclose-up, close up, helicopter shot, medium shot, crane shot