pull-focus

(film, television) A filming technique whereby the focal point is drawn towards the viewer; also a shot (as part of an edit) in which such a technique is used. Also used attributively.
- 1989, R Bruce Elder, Image and Identity: Reflections on Canadian Film and Culture, page 384:
  ...this image of pure light forms (through a pull-focus) into an image of a snow-covered field, in the middle of which is a mother holding her two sons.
- 2007, Gary Hudson et al., The Broadcast Journalism Handbook, page 212:
  To set up a pull-focus shot, frame your shot so that the two subjects, at different distances from the camera, are in view.

filming technique whereby the focal point is drawn towards the viewer; also a shot (as part of an edit) in which such a technique is used

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