Frame within a frame

What it is

The subject is framed again through a door, window or arch.

When to use it

Voyeurism, separation, entrapment, focus.

When not to

Open, free-feeling moments.

Often confused with

• Foreground framing

  Foreground framing obstructs part, without a full frame.

Common generation mistakes

• SymptomThe inner frame is incomplete or missing.

  FixState the subject is seen through a doorframe that surrounds them.

Combinations Rolin checks

• Warning

  Frame-within-frame or layered depth is lost in an extreme close-up