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= February 14 =

Italian neorealist film technique
What is the name of the filming technique where the camera acts as a character and you see the scene play out in their point of view? I remember seeing it in an early Italian neorealist film (can't recall the name!) where the camera/character runs after a vehicle to try to catch up to another character in the film. 108.75.114.105 (talk) 01:52, 14 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Point-of-view shot. Clarityfiend (talk) 03:37, 14 February 2021 (UTC)


 * For a relatively recent example, the film At Eternity's Gate, a biographical portrait of Vincent van Gogh toward the end of his life, contains scenes with long takes filmed from Van Gogh's point of view. --Lambiam 10:07, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * A more proletarian example is Peep Show (British TV series) (2003-2015). Alansplodge (talk) 12:37, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * For an old film shot almost entirely in this way. see Lady in the Lake. Deor (talk) 17:24, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
 * And of course Hardcore Henry. Staecker (talk) 01:21, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Do you have any thoughts on why your edit broke up Lambiam's comment? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 01:25, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
 * It's the kind of thing that happens to me all the time: hitting a key while the cursor in the edit window is not positioned where I thought it was. Usually I notice the unintended effect, but occasionally I don't. --Lambiam 15:56, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
 * just noticed this- sorry for my mistake! Staecker (talk) 20:47, 17 February 2021 (UTC)
 * An early example where this is used for its dramatic narrative effect is in the 1924 German film The Last Laugh. It may even be the earliest example in a commercially produced film.  --Lambiam 16:10, 15 February 2021 (UTC)


 * A variation - in Bad Boy Bubby we hear everything from Bubby's point of view. DuncanHill (talk) 15:35, 17 February 2021 (UTC)