Rack Focus: Difference between revisions

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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 [[~~Three D~~ 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.

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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'''Examples:'''

* Executed well at the beginning of ''[[Avatar (Film)|Avatar]]'' when the focus shifts from Jake's face to the floating drops of water(?) to introduce the fact that it's [[~~Three D~~ Movie|3D AND RIGHT IN MY BLOODY FACE!!]]. However the technique can be annoying later on as explained above.

* Executed well at the beginning of ''[[Avatar (Film)|Avatar]]'' when the focus shifts from Jake's face to the floating drops of water(?) to introduce the fact that it's [[3D Movie|3D AND RIGHT IN MY BLOODY FACE!!]]. However the technique can be annoying later on as explained above.

* 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.

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* ''[[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}}.

* In ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'', this effect is simulated to shift focus between Ellen and Abraham's axe in [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2009-08-26 this strip] and the page image.

* In "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E3 Lesson Zero|Lesson Zero]]" of ''[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', there is a particularly well done instance of this at the end of the episode, where we focus on a worried Spike to Celestia lecturing Twilight in the library after the latter had caused a ruckus just to find a lesson to learn.

* In "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E3 Lesson Zero|Lesson Zero]]" of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', there is a particularly well done instance of this at the end of the episode, where we focus on a worried Spike to Celestia lecturing Twilight in the library after the latter had caused a ruckus just to find a lesson to learn.

** "[[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E19 Putting Your Hoof Down|Putting Your Hoof Down]]" has an even better example, switching focus between Fluttershy and a boarded-up door.

* Used recently in ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'', in a single panel, [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006701 here].

* Used beautifully in ''[[Legend of the Guardians The Owls of ga Hoole]]'' with a flying owl in the background and one of its feathers in the fore, as seen in the [http://youtu.be/x8RKCmkOyB4 trailer].

* Used beautifully in ''[[Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of ga Hoole]]'' with a flying owl in the background and one of its feathers in the fore, as seen in the [http://youtu.be/x8RKCmkOyB4 trailer].