Breathing

The repeated movement out of and into focus of a film in a camera/projector, or out of and into contact of two films in a printer, resulting in variations in the sharpness of the images. Simply, a film appears to go in and out of focus at a regular pace, as if breathing.

References

British Standard Glossary of Terms used in the Motion Picture Industry

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