A Virtual Camera by Sham Bhangal is used in the example below to create the effect of zooming in on the figure. You can download the .fla file, Camera.fla., that contains the virtual camera Movie Clip Symbol, "camFrame", that you can import to your library. Just place the movie clip "camFrame" in a top layer of your scene timeline and motion tween the camera's movement. Read more about the Camera.

This movie also shows the character animation tecnique that hinges symbols to create comples movement. See the tutorial by Chris Georgenes at http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/articles/animate_character.html