an arrangement of mise-en-scene element so that there is a considerable distance between the plane closest to the camera and the one farthest away. Any or all of these planes may be in focus.

a use of the camera lens and lighting that keeps both the close and distant planes being photographed in sharp focus.

the design of the film, arrangement of its shots. "Decoupage classique" is the French term for the old Hollywood style of seamless narration.

an instantaneous shift from a distant framing to a closer view of some portion of the same space.

in the finished film, an instantaneous change from one framing to another.