Editing Point-of-view shot (section)

{{Short description|Type of photography or film making shot}}
{{For|the video game perspective|first-person (video games)}}
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[[File:The Driller Killer Pinball Scene Shot to Shot.png|thumb|right|300px|An example of an explicit POV shot from the [[public domain]] [[horror film]] ''[[The Driller Killer]]'', putting the audience into the perspective of the protagonist playing [[pinball]] with the top shot coming five seconds before the below shot]]

A '''point-of-view shot''' (also known as '''POV shot''', '''first-person shot''' or '''subjective camera''') is a [[film scene]]—usually a short one—that is shot as if through the eyes of a character (the subject). The [[camera]] shows what the subject's eyes would see. It is usually established by being positioned between a [[shot (filming)|shot]] of a character looking at something, and a shot showing the character's reaction (see [[shot reverse shot]]). The POV technique is one of the foundations of [[film editing]].