Editing Focus puller (section)

==Focus pulling==
There is often very little room for error, depending on the parameters of a given shot. The focus puller's role is extremely important to a film production. In most circumstances, a "soft" image is considered unusable, as such an error can't be corrected in post-production{{px2}}{{mdash}}{{hsp}}while it is possible to take detail out of a frame, any detail missed due to incorrect focus is lost. An actor may not be able to duplicate their best performance in a subsequent take, so the focus puller is expected to perform flawlessly on every take.

British [[cinematographer]] [[Oliver Stapleton]] has written:
{{Blockquote| The 1st AC (or Focus Puller) has one of the hardest jobs on the set. And it's one of those jobs that are never noticed until it is wrong. Then you get an almighty bollocking, or you get fired&nbsp;... Focus Pulling not only involves what it sounds like, but also the Focus Puller "runs" the department, in the sense of taking care of all the camera gear, and making sure that everything is tickety-boo. I have my own camera, so it's treated very well! A focus puller relies heavily on the Operator to tell him if the shot is out of focus&nbsp;— after all only the operator is actually looking through the lens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cineman.co.uk/#camera|title=Camera Department|work=So You Wanna Work in Movies?|first=Oliver|last=Stapleton|access-date=January 14, 2012}}</ref>}}