Originally posted by: Darth Solo
But the one thing that has always bugged me is where just before 3CPO says the line "come on R2 were going" the previously in-focus Falcon image in the background seems to stretch out and blur, as if to shift focus or something, but it looks really uneasy on the eye when your looking for it. I know this is a problem from the original cut, but im just wondering if the top half of the image before distortion takes place can be held through the remaining frames to keep the Falcon in focus there at all?
But the one thing that has always bugged me is where just before 3CPO says the line "come on R2 were going" the previously in-focus Falcon image in the background seems to stretch out and blur, as if to shift focus or something, but it looks really uneasy on the eye when your looking for it. I know this is a problem from the original cut, but im just wondering if the top half of the image before distortion takes place can be held through the remaining frames to keep the Falcon in focus there at all?
That's not a problem at all. It's called a "rack focus". You're supposed to pay attention to the in focus stormtroopers running from the Falcon first, then Threepio. Note that Threepio is out of focus in the top shot but in focus at the bottom.
Neil