pull-focus

From pull + focus.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pʊl ˈfəʊkəs/

pull-focus

1. (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.

• push-focus