I was very surprised to see the generalised �everything that happens between the script and the screen� kind of definition. I have always heard it used to explicitly mean the �scene setting� � in other words a particular framing or keynote shot that defines the emotional tenor of the film. Sure, that obviously reflects the directorial eye � but the latter meaning comes, I believe, by extension from the simple meaning: scene setting.

The Straight Dope article, btw, is simply bollocks. They have the meaning of metteur-en-sc�ne completely wrong by 180 degrees � even wiki gets that right.