out of frame

When one or more character (identifiable or not) is only visually present in an image so far as to show a limited number of details.

Not to be confused with outside border, where minor parts of something are drawn beyond a border in the image.

Examples

See also

• head out of frame
• faceless
• faceless male
• out-of-frame censoring
• split crop
• surrounded by hands
• tag group:image composition