Focus Pull

Focus pulls are often used in movie trailers and music videos. The skill requires practice and uses as camera zoom.

Tutorial by Becky

Here some still photo examples:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shallow Focus

Still Shots by Becky

Here are my film examples:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Film by Becky

How We Did It

1) Chose a subject for the forground and a subject for the background and decide what is going to be in focus initially and what will be left in focus finally.

 

2) Set up the camera. You can use hand held which can be effective in POV for instance or a tripod to create a still shot or smooth moving shot.

 

3) Set camera to manual and use the manual focus dial to focus on one subject and then on the other.

4) Record the focus pull