![]() This is a very common technique in cinema, and so there are many bits of jargon like this that are used to refer to specialized techniques.Įventually, this term spread to all sorts of corners of the internet. It has been used in cinema since its earliest days, where it meant that the viewers of the film were looking at things from the eyes of a character or something else in the movie. POV is, as I’ve said, an old cinematographic term. So, it can have a variety of meanings-which one should be fairly clear from context, though. “Are you here yet? I can’t see anything from this POV” for example. You could even simply use it to describe what you can physically see. “There was this great POV shot in the movie,” for example.Īs we will see, this is the origin of this term, so it has had a heavy influence on the slang use of the term. It could just refer to the cinematic technique of using cameras to mimic someone’s eye line, their literal, visual “point of view”. ![]() It generally doesn’t have any other words that it stands for, but the meaning can be rather different. It might have other meanings in texting, though. “I know he doesn’t think it was that bad, but in my POV, it was a really terrible thing,” for example.Īgain, it’s about expressing your own particular viewpoint and opinion. It’s particularly used in complex interpersonal conflicts. ![]() ![]() It could also be used in a more personal and emotional context. It’s about contextualizing things as your own experience, and not trying to state them as objective facts. “I hated that film,” “From my POV, it wasn’t that bad!” for example. This usually means that someone is trying to get across their own view about something, how they feel about it, what it means, and perhaps what should be done.Īt the same time, it could be used in a discussion about art or media. ![]() POV stands for “point of view” in texting. ![]()
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