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** In ''Film/{{The Idiot|1951}}'' he does this as Akama watches Kameda walk away through the peephole in a door, zooming in on Akama's eyes. It's a striking moment as Akama is a CrazyJealousGuy, Kameda is going to talk with the woman Akama wants, and Akama's eyes are filled with homicidal rage.
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* ''Film/{{Yesterday}}'': A staggered zoom out from Yesterday and the doctor at the clinic, when Yesterday finds out the result of her blood test. She has AIDS.

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* ''Film/{{Yesterday}}'': ''Film/Yesterday2004'': A staggered zoom out from Yesterday and the doctor at the clinic, when Yesterday finds out the result of her blood test. She has AIDS.
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* Combined with the use of [[DutchAngle Dutch Angles]] at the start of ''Series/TheAvengers'' episode "Return of the Cybernauts", when one of the eponymous robots smashes its way into a victim's home.
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* Used a couple of times in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2'', allowing the player to get a good look at a villain when they'd otherwise be too far away.

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* Used a couple of times in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2'', ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII'', allowing the player to get a good look at a villain when they'd otherwise be too far away.
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* Parodied in the ''Series/DoctorWho''-episode "The Eleventh Hour". The camera shows the things the Doctor is focusing on, but because he's still suffering from regeneration sickness, he focuses on a lot of unimportant things before noticing the important plot detail.

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* Parodied in the ''Series/DoctorWho''-episode ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "The Eleventh Hour". Hour." The camera shows the things the Doctor is focusing on, but because he's still suffering from regeneration sickness, he focuses on a lot of unimportant things before noticing the important plot detail.
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* Happens in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', when [[spoiler:Link finally confronts Ganondorf: upon entering the room, Link immediately sees Zelda in the crystal Ganondorf captured her in, and the camera zooms in on her]].
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* Happens in the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarePants'' episode "Wet Painters" when [=SpongeBob=] sees a tiny spot of paint on Mr. Krabs' first dollar.

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* Happens in the ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarePants'' ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Wet Painters" when [=SpongeBob=] sees a tiny spot of paint on Mr. Krabs' first dollar.
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* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' uses a staggered zoom out [[spoiler:during the last few seconds of the bomb's countdown before it blows up Ego's brain/core.]]
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* Creator/StevenSpielberg rarely uses this technique, but a notable exception occurs near the end of ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' with the staggered zoom on Elliott's face, synched to the music, as he's about to hit the police roadblock. Spielberg was able to do this because he agreed to let JohnWilliams record the score for the film's finale first, then edited the footage to fit.

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* Creator/StevenSpielberg rarely uses this technique, but a notable exception occurs near the end of ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' with the staggered zoom on Elliott's face, synched to the music, as he's about to hit the police roadblock. Spielberg was able to do this because he agreed to let JohnWilliams Music/JohnWilliams record the score for the film's finale first, then edited the footage to fit.

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* In ''Film/TheDayAfter'', this technique is used to pull back from Kansas City just before it is struck by an EMP from a warhead detonating high above. An additional effective touch is that the sound of the city's blaring air-raid sirens abruptly cut off during one of the jumps.
* ''Film/{{Threads}}'' also used a staggered zoom on Sheffield just before an EMP blast hit Northwest Europe.

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* In ''Film/TheDayAfter'', this technique is used to pull back from Kansas City just before it is struck by an EMP from a warhead detonating high above. An additional effective touch is that the sound of the city's blaring air-raid sirens abruptly cut cuts off during one of the jumps.
* ''Film/{{Threads}}'' also used a staggered zoom on Sheffield just before an EMP blast hit Northwest Europe.
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* Parodied in the ''Series/DoctorWho''-episode "The Eleventh Hour". The camera shows the things the Doctor is focusing on, but because he's still suffering from regeneration sickness, he focuses on a lot of unimportant things before noticing the important plot detail.
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* ''Film/{{Yesterday}}'': A staggered zoom out from Yesterday and the doctor at the clinic, when Yesterday finds out the result of her blood test. She has AIDS.
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* ''Film/{{Ecstasy}}'': Five cuts in a row zoom us in to Adam's window, as Eva approaches with sex on her mind.
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* The effect is used in the anime adaptation of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', on a shocked expression of Rei when he learns that [[spoiler:Mamiya was abducted by his old rival Yuda in the past]].
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* ''Film/{{War and Peace|1966}}'' uses this for the first shot of Natasha, the central female character in the story.
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* Also done near the start of "Savages (Part 2)" in ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'', focusing in on the marching, armored form of Ratcliffe.
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* {{Threads}} also used a staggered zoom on Sheffield just before an EMP blast hit Northwest Europe.

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* {{Threads}} ''Film/{{Threads}}'' also used a staggered zoom on Sheffield just before an EMP blast hit Northwest Europe.
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* ''Film/MonOncleDAmerique'': The final sequence shows a series of shots of grim urban blight, then shows an elaborate mural on the side of a building, a painting of a lush green forest. Then the camera goes into a closeup via a series of Staggered Zooms to show that the mural of the forest looks like meaningless blotches of paint when examined close up.
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* Parodied in a short history of ''ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon'', where they have to resolve a case on a TV studio. Mortadelo removes the safety lock of a crane that has a TV camera mounted on it while recording a news program, and as the latter falls over the television host we see his horrified face being zoomed on the camera's screen followed by a "CRASH!" and static.
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* ''EternalDarkness'' uses this early on when [[spoiler:the heroine encounters her own dead body in a bathtub]]. Each cut only lasts a few frames, followed by a screamer.

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* ''EternalDarkness'' ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'' uses this early on when [[spoiler:the heroine encounters her own dead body in a bathtub]]. Each cut only lasts a few frames, followed by a screamer.
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* ''Film/Elf'' uses one the first time Buddy sees Jovie - the staggered zoom focuses on her face as she puts the finishing touches on a Christmas tree in Gimbels Department Store.

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* ''Film/Elf'' ''Film/{{Elf}}'' uses one the first time Buddy sees Jovie - the staggered zoom focuses on her face as she puts the finishing touches on a Christmas tree in Gimbels Department Store.
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* ''Film/Elf'' uses one the first time Buddy sees Jovie - the staggered zoom focuses on her face as she puts the finishing touches on a Christmas tree in Gimbels Department Store.
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* A similar effect is used for the discovery of a dead farmer in Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''TheBirds'' (1963).

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* A similar effect is used for the discovery of a dead farmer in Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''TheBirds'' ''Film/TheBirds'' (1963).
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* This is done on Koro-Sensei in the first opening of ''Anime/AssassinationClassroom''.

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* This is done on Koro-Sensei in the first opening of ''Anime/AssassinationClassroom''.''Manga/AssassinationClassroom''.
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* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': Onto Holt in Season 4 premiere "Coral Gables" part 1, when he realizes that if they don't investigate the case they might be left indefinitely in witness protection in the worst place on earth, Florida.
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* Used a couple of times in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps2'', allowing the player to get a good look at a villain when they'd otherwise be too far away.
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* ''Film/{{Dames}}'': One shot features a single chorus girl in the far distance on a bare stage. Four staggered zoom cuts take us to a closeup of her face. A conventional zoom out reveals her to be just one part of a huge chorus.

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