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PRONUNCIATION OF FOCUS PULLER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOCUS PULLER

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Focus puller is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FOCUS PULLER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

focus puller

Focus puller

A focus puller, or 1st assistant camera, is a member of a film crew’s camera department whose primary responsibility is to maintain image sharpness on whatever subject or action is being filmed. "Pulling focus" or "rack focusing" refers to the act of changing the lens’s focus distance setting in correspondence to a moving subject’s physical distance from the focal plane. For example, if an actor moves from 8 m away from the focal plane to 3 m away from the focal plane within a shot, the focus puller will change the distance setting on the lens during the take in precise correspondence to the changing position of the actor. Additionally, the focus puller may shift focus from one subject to another within the frame, as dictated by the specific requirements of the shot. A good focus puller will have an intimate knowledge of cinematographic and optical theory. Depending on the parameters of a given shot, there is often very little room for error. As such, the role of a focus puller is extremely important within the realm of a film production; a "soft" image will, in most circumstances, be considered unusable, since there is no way to fix such an error in post-production.

Definition of focus puller in the English dictionary

The definition of focus puller in the dictionary is the member of a camera crew who adjusts the focus of the lens as the camera is tracked in or out.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOCUS PULLER

focal ratio
focalisation
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focalization
focalize
focally
Foch
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focimeter
focometer
focus
focus group
focusable
focused
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focuser
focusless
focussed
focusses
focussing

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOCUS PULLER

bookseller
buller
controller
crowd puller
crowd-puller
cruller
culler
disannuller
fuller
guller
huller
kruller
luller
muller
nail puller
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sculler
string-puller
Weissmuller
wirepuller

Synonyms and antonyms of focus puller in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «focus puller» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOCUS PULLER

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Translator English - Chinese

重点拉马
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

primer asistente de cámara
570 millions of speakers

English

focus puller
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

डांड़ी ध्यान केंद्रित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التركيز مجتذب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сосредоточиться съемник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

operador de focus
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফোকাস puller
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

extracteur focus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penarik fokus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schärfenassistent
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

プラー注力
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

풀러 초점
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fokus puller
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tập trung cảo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கவனம் செலுத்துபவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फोकस पुलर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Odaklama çektirmesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

operatore addetto ai fuochi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skupić ściągacz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зосередитися знімач
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

concentreze tragator
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επικεντρωθεί σύρων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fokus trekker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fokusera avdragare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fokusere avtrekker
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOCUS PULLER»

Discover the use of focus puller in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to focus puller and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Extraordinary Jobs in Entertainment
Nobody—which is why the job of a focus puller is so important in the entertainment industry. Pulling focus is the process of changing the focus setting of the camera lens as the action on the set changes, which allows the camera operator to ...
Alecia T. Devantier, Carol A. Turkington, 2009
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High Definition Cinematography
Once this shorter depth of field is achieved, the focus pulling difficulties become the same as for 35 mm film and a fully trained and experienced focus puller becomes essential. More often than not this desire to reduce the depth of field, and ...
Paul Wheeler, 2009
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Cinematography: Third Edition
Industry practice is to use a camera assistant, also called a focus-puller, rather than the operator to make the focus adjustments during the shot, following tape measurements and marks made on the floor during rehearsal for the actors—and  ...
Kris Malkiewicz, M. David Mullen, 2009
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Practical Cinematography
The focus puller (AC1 or 1st AC) Keeping the main action sharp is the prime responsibility of the focus puller. In addition, they are the one most concerned with the camera itself. It is their task to build the camera each morning and to put it away ...
Paul Wheeler, 2005
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Writing Movies for Fun and Profit: How We Made a Billion ...
FOCUS PULLER: Believe it or not, it takes more than one guy to work a camera. The focus puller adjusts the camera's lens to focus on the precise point in the scene that the DP wants to be in focus. The DP and camera op are busy pointing the ...
Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant, 2012
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Raindance Producers' Lab Lo-To-No Budget Filmmaking
Focus puller The main responsibility of the focus puller is to make certain that the image in the frame is fully focused. A focus puller will use measuring tapes to measure the precise distance of the subject to the camera and then calculate the  ...
Elliot Grove, 2013
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The Art of Movies:
Back | Home | Up | Next In cinematography, a focus puller or first assistant camera (1 AC) is the member of a film crew responsible for keeping the camera's focus right during a shoot. Often this requires pulling the focus with a follow focus  ...
Nicolae Sfetcu, 2014
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A Life Through the Lens: Memoirs of a Film Cameraman
On the way home, his father is murdered by henchmen of Prince John. Robin takes up the life of an outlaw, gathering together his band of Merry Men in Sherwood Forest Pickwick Papers (1952) (focus puller) Dir: Noel Langley Lp: James ...
Alan Hume, Gareth Owen, 2004
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Filmmaking A to Z: The Guide to 35 Millimeter Filmmaking
The Focus-Puller keeps the shot in focus. Usually the DP has a Focus Puller in mind and recommends someone experienced and reliable. There are many important considerations for this aspect of photography. Nobody likes to see actors out ...
Victor Alexander, 2008
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Fundamentals of Film Directing
If, during the course of a take, the focus puller makes a mistake, the operator can inform the script supervisor following the take that all or parts of the shot were soft . If the error is significant, the operator can either stop the take or inform the ...
David K. Irving, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOCUS PULLER»

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Of 12 self-taught filmmakers | TNS - The News on Sunday
... was a sales representative for electric switches and plastic chairs, background dancer and third assistant cinematographer as focus puller. «The News on Sunday, Jul 15»
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Samyang 135mm T2.2 VDSLR II ED UMC
They're replicated on both the left and right, so a focus puller can view the scale while working from either side of the camera. The 9-blade ... «PC Magazine, Jul 15»
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Realising fantastic dreams
... an idea of the huge team on the sets, but Senthil says he got to hand pick his technicians, the experts in the lighting dept, focus puller etc. «The Hindu, Jun 15»
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Mad Max's And X-Men's Josh Helman Writes About Directing His …
... much if I'm being shot on a 75mm lens at a 2.1–2.8 split because it's basically WFO and unless the focus puller anticipates me I'll go blurry. «Bleeding Cool News, Jun 15»
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What's it like to be a second-unit director on Hollywood blockbusters?
And it's a very specialized position. Back in those days, [it was] all the judgment of the focus puller—you know, you would take measurements of ... «A.V. Club, Jun 15»
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Full exposure
and acquiring seniority as a focus puller and camera operator. Ultimately, Friedman realized his calling was in stills. “I was my own boss,” ... «Idaho Mountain Express and Guide, Jun 15»
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BECTU pursues feature film over offers of unpaid work
The advert posted online also listed makeup artist, camera assistant, focus puller and art assistant amongst its unpaid roles. Posted on the ... «BECTU Magazine, Jun 15»
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Widow of legendary film cinematographer shares her memories of …
Mr Hume's career began in the 1940s when he got jobs as a focus puller on films such as Oliver Twist, before becoming a camera operator and ... «Get Bucks, Jun 15»
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DoP Piers McGrail talks Brian O'Malley's 'Let Us Prey' – in cinemas …
I was saved by the talents of my focus puller, Chris Ayoub. She worked extremely hard with very little time - as did all the camera and lighting ... «The Irish Film Television Network, Jun 15»
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Trick photography: The timewarp
I was using a special piece of camera kit called a focus puller. Basically it's a rubberband attached to a motor that goes around the focus (or ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»

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