depth of focus

depth of focus
  related to depth of field - refers to an adjustment made technically to insure that a camera shot retains its deep focus throughout all the various planes (fore, middle, and back)
  Example: Citizen Kane (1941) has many examples of deep-focus shots in which the foreground and background are in focus

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