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title: "Who introduced POV?"  
description: "A brief explanation about the origin of point of view and it's facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-31  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/3069/who-introduced-pov  
category: "movies"  
tags: ["Movies", "POV", "point of view", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Who introduced POV?

![Who introduced POV](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/b1c7fadd-2f58-40f0-a65f-4b2258529139/images/2fad3a41-24f8-4401-ada1-23408029260a.jpeg) ![Who introduced POV](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/b1c7fadd-2f58-40f0-a65f-4b2258529139/images/aa1f2a7e-6196-44b9-b809-ddeced621d49.jpeg) The earliest recorded use of a point-of-view (POV) shot was in Abel Gance's 1927 film Napoléon. ![Who introduced POV](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/b1c7fadd-2f58-40f0-a65f-4b2258529139/images/6526896f-dc18-4a02-8fdf-52dabad951b9.jpeg) Gance's film used a camera mounted on an actor's chest, revolutionising the POV shot method and making it a cinematic mainstay. ![Who introduced POV](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/b1c7fadd-2f58-40f0-a65f-4b2258529139/images/854c9a5f-efa8-4031-96f5-f6c807dae9b4.jpeg) Despite other directors utilising similar techniques previously, Gance pioneered POV shot in his picture Maniac, popularised by D.W. Griffith. ![Who introduced POV](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/b1c7fadd-2f58-40f0-a65f-4b2258529139/images/36795589-bec9-497b-a755-fc9e758a6210.jpeg) The POV shot, which has been employed since Napoleon, increases spectator engagement in horror films by allowing them to witness the trauma directly. ![Who introduced POV](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/b1c7fadd-2f58-40f0-a65f-4b2258529139/images/1cb18d81-534b-4ffd-8c19-9ee1c0a4fe94.jpeg) Famous POV shots include The Lady in the Lake (1947), Razomon (1950), Vertigo (1958), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), and Alien (1979).

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