Focus puller

A focus puller, or 1st assistant camera, is a member of a film crew’s camera department whose primary responsibility is to maintain image sharpness on whatever subject or action is being filmed.

"Pulling focus" or "rack focusing" refers to the act of changing the lens’s focus distance setting in correspondence to a moving subject’s physical distance from the focal plane. For example, if an actor moves from 8 m away from the focal plane to 3 m away from the focal plane within a shot, the focus puller will change the distance setting on the lens during the take in precise correspondence to the changing position of the actor. Additionally, the focus puller may shift focus from one subject to another within the frame, as dictated by the specific requirements of the shot (cinematic techniques).

A good focus puller will have an intimate knowledge of cinematographic and optical theory. Depending on the parameters of a given shot, there is often very little room for error. As such, the role of a focus puller is extremely important within the realm of a film production; a "soft" image will, in most circumstances, be considered unusable, since there is no way to fix such an error in post-production. One must also consider that an actor may not be able to duplicate his or her best performance in a subsequent take, so the focus puller is expected to perform flawlessly on every take. Because of these factors, some production personnel consider the focus puller to have the most difficult job on set. For example, British cinematographer Oliver Stapleton has written:

Surgeon's assistant

Surgical assistants are highly skilled, credentialed surgical health professionals who work under the direction of licensed surgeons performing surgical procedures. Surgical assistants are surgical practitioners working exclusively within the surgical care team environment as described by the American College of Surgeons. The surgeon's assistants also known as: assistant surgeon,surgical physician assistant, or registered nurse first assistant perform a specialized role during the surgical procedure. In the US the National Uniform Claims Committee has a taxonomy classification for surgical assistants.

The surgical assistant's role is carried out by surgical practitioners who are: doctors of medicine, nurses specialized in perioperative nursing who have completed registered nurse first assistant programs, surgical physician assistants and surgical assistants which are certified, licensed or registered. Surgical assistants are trained in surgery and undergo rigorous credentialing to practice in that role. The healthcare professionals practicing as surgical assistants varies internationally and each country has legal requirements for the scope of practice for the surgical assistants. Surgical assistance is the practicing specialty of surgical assistants in clinical roles in the United States. In large complicated surgical cases there can be two surgical assistants during the surgical procedure one acting as a first surgical assistant and the other as a second surgical assistant.

Camera

A camera is an optical instrument for recording images, which may be stored locally, transmitted to another location, or both. The images may be individual still photographs or sequences of images constituting videos or movies. The word camera comes from camera obscura, which means "dark chamber" and is the Latin name of the original device for projecting an image of external reality onto a flat surface. The modern photographic camera evolved from the camera obscura. The functioning of the camera is very similar to the functioning of the human eye.

Functional description

A camera may work with the light of the visible spectrum or with other portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. A still camera is an optical device which creates a single image of an object or scene, and records it on an electronic sensor or photographic film. All cameras use the same basic design: light enters an enclosed box through a converging lens and an image is recorded on a light-sensitive medium. A shutter mechanism controls the length of time that light can enter the camera. Most photographic cameras have functions that allow a person to view the scene to be recorded, allow for a desired part of the scene to be in focus, and to control the exposure so that it is not too bright or too dim. A display, often a liquid crystal display (LCD), permits the user to view scene to be recorded and settings such as ISO speed, exposure, and shutter speed.

'First Assistant Camera' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Redirecting Eddie (2008)

Actors: Ed Koch (actor), Michael Winslow (actor), Valerie Perrine (actress), Howard Heard (editor), Sunny Mabrey (actress), Michele Baker (miscellaneous crew), Jaid Barrymore (actress), Chris Chan Roberson (miscellaneous crew), Chris Chan Roberson (miscellaneous crew), Chris Chan Roberson (miscellaneous crew), Chris Chan Roberson (miscellaneous crew), Steven Marcus (actor), Laurence N. Kaldor (producer), Laurence N. Kaldor (writer), Laurence N. Kaldor (editor),

Plot: Making an indie film is murder under the best of circumstances, but first-time director Eddie Vassick's scenario is chaotic. Halfway through filming his main investor croaks. He has to tangle with the investor's widow who not only demands a plum role in the film when she's never acted a day in her life, but sells the film's rights to none other than Eddie's domineering older brother Warren. Warren is a B-movie mogul, king of commercial flicks, who has cast a shadow over Eddie his entire life. Eddie is forced to bend to Warren's will, and Warren immediately issues an impossible ultimatum, true to form. Eddie must re-shoot the entire film in costly 35mm format in four weeks time, or control of the entire project will revert to Warren. Meanwhile, Warren, who has always been secretly jealous of his little brother's inherent talents, has gotten his hands on a copy of Eddie's script and views this project as his one shot to catapult himself from the "B" leagues into the majors. Warren thrusts Eddie head-first into the world of big budget filmmaking, with all of the crippling pressure and diluted artistic integrity that come along with it. Eddie must face many obstacles, including a break-neck production pace, a sexy ball-breaker of an Assistant Director, and stone-aged, unionized crew members who are frozen in their ways. Warren plots that all of these elements will drive Eddie to directing destruction. Warren is right about one thing. The love-hate dynamics of Eddie's relationship with his Assistant Director Dana prove undeniable to Eddie. He falls in love with a completely resistant Dana, and must win her over during the course of the knock-down, drag-out production melee. Also, Warren seduces Eddie's right-hand man Oliver, tempting him with the perks of entertainment industry wealth and power. Oliver's resulting focus on beautiful women and late night partying costs Eddie a valuable pillar of support that could end up costing him the film. With crises like these, Eddie's film career embarks on a race against the calendar. With every obstacle Warren throws his way, Eddie is one step closer to losing his precious film and all of his dreams. Warren can taste victory and sees the prize of Eddie's film within his grasp, if only he is successful in his mission of "Redirecting Eddie."

Keywords: boy-with-a-dream, coming-of-age, film-industry, film-within-a-film, independent-film, life, living, making-a-film, movie-industry, new-york-city
Genres: Comedy, Romance,
Taglines: In life, you only get one take to get it right.

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'First Assistant Camera' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Redirecting Eddie (2008)

Tips to be a Good 1st AC

The Assistant Camera Bag - OnSet ep. 31

Assistant Camera Essentials

THE CREW - Camera Department

What is a 2nd AC? - 3 Things You Should Know

Inglourious Basterds - "Camera Angel" Clapper

Slating 101 and 2nd AC Tips with Matt Beavers | Community Collab

Justin Sweatland -- Camera Operator and First Assistant Camera Demo Reel

INTRO - The Short Film

IMAM First Assistant Camera

Tips to be a Good 1st AC

The Assistant Camera Bag - OnSet ep. 31

Assistant Camera Essentials

THE CREW - Camera Department

What is a 2nd AC? - 3 Things You Should Know

Inglourious Basterds - "Camera Angel" Clapper

Slating 101 and 2nd AC Tips with Matt Beavers | Community Collab

Justin Sweatland -- Camera Operator and First Assistant Camera Demo Reel

INTRO - The Short Film

IMAM First Assistant Camera

Tips to be a Good 1st AC

The Assistant Camera Bag - OnSet ep. 31

Assistant Camera Essentials

THE CREW - Camera Department

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Inglourious Basterds - "Camera Angel" Clapper

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