There are lots of different filmmaking terms out there that get tossed around in articles and meetings. It can be hard to keep track of all of them.

You look at the work of Gregg Toland, you look at some of the great cinematographers who built their careers on maximum depth-of-field, and certainly Citizen Kane is a good example of that. The ...

It's part travelogue in Hell, part ineffectual weepie. The least appealing thing about it is the way it uses a genuine tragedy as a backdrop for the personal concerns of some prosperous New York ...

This example shows the same image shot with deep depth of field (top), and shallow depth of field (bottom).

Overall, if you want to create the look of shallow depth of field without breaking out Photoshop, it's a fun option. SynthCam is available for $1, right now, in the iTunes App Store.

Guide to depth of field designed for those new to self-shooting, covering focus, focussing distance, focal length, aperture and sensor.

The small footprint of a CCD makes it hard for digital video cameras to emulate the short depth of field of film cameras. You’ll notice depth of field in movies when they have one actor close… ...

Someone realised that if you first projected your image onto a ground glass screen – say, the screen you might find inside a 35mm SLR film camera - then re-filmed it onto video, something magical ...

This depth of field is often used for capturing objects in the distance, and for a more documentary-style film. A shallow or narrow depth of field will cause only the foreground to be in focus. Thus, ...