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== [[Film]] ==
* 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.
* In ''
* 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 '''Rack Focus''' reveals a motorcycle with a passenger's seat.
* 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}}.
* 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].▼
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
▲* 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.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[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.
* Used
* In "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E03 Lesson Zero|Lesson Zero]]" of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|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.▼
== [[Western Animation]] ==
▲* In "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E03 Lesson Zero|Lesson Zero]]" of ''[[My Little Pony:
** "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/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]]'', 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].
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