Frame within a frame — A composition that encloses the subject with a doorway, window, arch or other internal frame.

Composition

Frame within a frame

額縁構図

A composition that encloses the subject with a doorway, window, arch or other internal frame.

How to recognise it

  • an internal opening encloses the subject

Different from nearby terms

An internal foreground border acts as a second frame, not just centering.

Aliases

フレームインフレームnatural framing

Words for AI

Englishframe-within-a-frame composition using a doorway

日本語扉で人物を囲む額縁構図