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{{Useful Notes}}
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Changing the point of focus from one character or object in frame, to another character or object that is closer to or more distant from the camera, typically with little or no movement from the camera itself. Used to subtly direct the viewers' attention to a specific part of the screen.
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Sometimes used in two-dimensional animation, which involves filming the foreground and background separately and then combining them.
In theory '''Rack Focus''' should be made redundant in new [[3D Movie|3D films]] because the viewer would be able to change focus at will. Of course because it is a simulation of 3D this isn't quite true and the technique remains. This sometimes causes frustration as the viewer wants to change focus but cannot.
Not to be confused with a camera shot designed to focus on a woman's rack. That's [[Male Gaze]].
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* A rather famous animated example comes from the opening song of ''[[The Lion King]]'', when the focus shifts from a line of [[Misplaced Wildlife|leaf-cutter ants]] on a branch in the foreground to a herd of zebra thundering by below.
* In the film of ''[[Harry Potter]] and the Sorcerer's Stone'', as Harry walks past a Quidditch store, the view, from inside the store, shifts from his face to a closeup of the ''Nimbus 2000'' lettering on the broom in the window.
* In ''Kalle Blomkvist och Rasmus'', Kalle and Anders need to catch up with a car, a seemingly insurmountable task according to Anders. In response, Kalle looks into the background of the scene, where a
* In ''[[Up]]'', when Carl Fredricksen looks up to his house where the picture of his wife is hanging.
* ''[[Master and Commander (film)|Master and Commander]]'', while the crew is on shore leave in the Galapagos, this is used to transition from Dr. Maturin holding a beetle to {{spoiler|the Acheron sailing in the inlet right before his eyes}}.
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