picture within a picture

picture within a picture
  a particular story-telling approach, literally, to have one film within another; in some cases, the characters are aware of the 'film-within-a-film,' and break the fourth wall and enter into or interact with it; aka subset film or film within a film
  Example: the newsreel of Kane's life "News on the March" in Citizen Kane (1941), homage to the real "The March of Time" newsreel

Glossary of cinematic terms . 2015.

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