In the Parr household where we lay our scene...
When watching The Incredibles, there can be many details that you take in without realizing their significance. Some of these details can be found around 34.00 minutes.
This scene comes right after Bob's mysterious message blows up in his office, and he's blow-drying books in the living area with his wife, Helen.
The first thing you'd notice in this scene is that Bob's blow-drying a bunch of books on the table at once. These books could represent the many trains of thought that are running through Bob's head. He's just been offered a job that allows him to re-live his glory days as a superhero, but at the same time he would be doing it behind his family's (and the government's) back. That could cause some internal conflict, right?
As the scene moves forward and Bob starts to tell his wife what has happened at work, he hesitates, and at the last moment and says that it's only a conference meeting. Watch the scene, as Helen moves to talk to Bob and dialogue starts appearing, the books move out of focus and we are mainly focused on him (with Helen in the background). Going along with what the books could represent, moving the angle forward (so that the books aren't visible) represents Bob's head clearing from conflict as he decides to go on the mission.
The second thing you may notice is not as obvious as the blow-drying of books, but rather how focused the camera becomes solely on Bob and hardly at all on Helen. When the scene is ending , you notice that Helen isn't as focused in the camera as Bob is. By blurring Helen in this scene, you can see that Bob is starting to get excited about the mission, so much so that Helen's presence really doesn't matter by the time the scene moves.
While it is short, I think this scene is important because it represents a turn of action in the movie's plot; turning Bob Parr into Mr. Incredible once again.
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