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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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* 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 an episode of ''[[Glee]]'', Santana, placed in the immediate foreground, makes a rude crack about all-boys schools being an endless source of gay jokes; the camera then pulls a dramatic rack focus to the other end of the room to capture Kurt's irritated reaction.
* In ''The Master Detective and 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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