focus puller

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noun

films the member of a camera crew who adjusts the focus of the lens as the camera is tracked in or out

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Words nearby focus puller

fo'c's'le, focus, focused strategy, focus group, focusing cloth, focus puller, fodder, fodderbeet, fodgel, foe, foefie slide

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How to use focus puller in a sentence

Back in New York, the slow pace and inward focus of her yoga practice was less fulfilling.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Stephanie Giorgio, a classical musician, credits The Class for helping her cope with anxiety, focus, fear, and self-doubt.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
There is a particular focus in the magazine on attacking the United States, which al Qaeda calls a top target.
U.S. Spies See Al Qaeda Fingerprints on Paris Massacre|Shane Harris, Nancy A. Youssef|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And too much of a focus on numbers can obscure strategic truths.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

His wife passed away and they had kids, and he wanted to focus on being a dad so he just stopped to raise his kids.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Lessard's high-handed squelching of MacRae had thrown everything out of focus.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
William Weedham brought scowling eyes to focus upon Kip Burland.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
It is doubtful if any woman had done as much to entice them to a common focus as the surmounting Mrs. Hofer.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Why the focus of the telescope should change during a long exposure is not quite clear.
Photographs of Nebul and Clusters|James Edward Keeler
Before beginning an exposure the focus is adjusted by means of a high-power positive eyepiece.
Photographs of Nebul and Clusters|James Edward Keeler