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An idea for a potential new tag called "frame_within_frame", describing images where an alternate version of the image is shown within a frame diegetic to the scene (as an example, on a phone screen). This would not include images which are simply internally framed, such as a doorway in the center of the image.
Some examples:
post #1032503
post #5898251
post #5967526
The name is only tentative, so other suggestions would be appreciated.
A lot of these can also be found under reverse x-ray, but it's a pretty bad name, because neither post #5967526 nor post #1032503 are adding any "layer", one is an alternate depiction and the other is using the phone as an empty window/pointless censoring.
reverse x-ray would probably fall under the umbrella of this tag as well. I'm not sure if this would supersede that tag specifically, since reverse x-ray is its own type of art, but "frame_within_frame" (or some better name) would be the more general description.
Just stumbled upon revealing_layer, seems it's sometimes used for this concept, e.g. post #5735777, post #5477055.
Probably for variations with nowhere else to go. I also noticed some under inverted_colors, such as post #5058969 (also under revealing_layer) and post #1653191. I'd bet there are quite a few under dual_persona, but it seems like it'd be difficult to go through all of that.
Could post #5731874 fall under this concept? It fits the theme of an alternate version of the scene being framed, though it's not internal. The tag name could also use some work, since I've already seen images which are framed using phone screens or picture frames which would fall under the most literal application of the tag. It could be a non-issue, but it could also lead to some mistagging, which would be an issue.
Two possibilities for names right now: The one in the title ("frame_within_frame"), which has the benefit of being descriptive and an actual art term, though is also easily misinterpreted, and "alternate_frame", which is specific enough to describe just this concept, but has the downside of not being particularly illustrative without reading its wiki page for clarification. These two are the best I can come up with at the moment. Ideally it should be illustrative from the name alone and hard to misinterpret, but that seems to be asking for a lot. More possible names would be appreciated! It's difficult to come up with a name for this concept.
So after many months of nothing with this potential tag really happening, I'd like to open it up for discussion again because I think it's worth making. A better name for it came to mind as well, that being "revealing_frame". The name follows the format of revealing_layer, of course. I'm not sure why I didn't consider following that before.
Maybe just revealing_phone?
Hankpropaniac57 said:
A better name for it came to mind as well, that being "revealing_frame".
It isn't necessarily revealing something though, it could just show an alternate version of what's behind like post #5967526.
Hillside_Moose said:
Maybe just revealing_phone?
It also doesn't have to be a phone, like post #5477055.
