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CancelCreative Camera Movement: How to Rack Focus
What Is a Rack Focus?
00:40
The way a film or video camera moves in a scene is as much a part of storytelling as the script or actors. A rack focus—or focus pull—is a creative way to shift the focus from an object or person in the foreground to one in the background, or vice versa. In this Coffee Break Course, you’ll learn why a rack focus is used, and how to do it well!
1.Creative Camera Movement: How to Rack Focus2 lessons, 08:28
2 lessons, 08:28
1.1What Is a Rack Focus?00:40
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What Is a Rack Focus?
00:40
1.2When and How to Rack Focus07:48
1.2
When and How to Rack Focus
07:48
Cindy Burgess has been telling stories with video for more than 20 years.
She’s worked in all aspects of the TV news industry – both in front of and behind the camera – in markets across Canada, the United States and Central America. Her many skills include producing, shooting, editing, scripting, reporting and hosting. Cindy now runs a video production company and teaches journalism part-time at the college and university level.