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focus puller

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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So it’s not just about the actors, it’s about the dolly grip, the focus puller, and you’ve got choreography going on.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023

“There are times you put Stanley first and you’re second,” says focus puller Douglas Milsome, whose hand once froze to the camera lens during filming.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2023

More respectably, he works as a focus puller at a film studio, where, amusingly, a director is having trouble getting an actress to faint, despite having a covert master of shock on his crew.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2020

So Matt Flannery, my cinematographer, brought over Yudi, his focus puller and camera assistant, because they have such an incredible relationship.

From The Verge • Oct. 16, 2018

Sometimes we’d start a shot, for six frames it’s out of focus; a focus puller would probably miss it for six frames.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2017

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