In that period, Ramis said, the dominant structural and narrative perspectives were of ”the proscenium. It was all about the composition of the frame. Nature didn’t enter the picture.”

proscenium (n) : 1 a : the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater b : the part of a modern stage in front of the curtain c : the wall that separates the stage from the auditorium and provides the arch that frames it; 2 foreground – Meta-fiction films look at world in fresh ways