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You are missing the point. "PoV" is a categorization for internet videos like memes and porn. It is short for "This is from the point of view of someone doing X", so they are always first person. It isn't just "point of view" in general.
And it would still fall under that category. It’s similar to it saying “POV: You’re at work and see someone who doesn’t care what people think”
The wording in the video may not be the best but it’s still very much a POV video
No. The only one you can see the person in a "POV" video is if the camera is looking at a mirror.
Some people have misunderstood what POV means in those types of videos, just like you just did.
I understand entirely the idea of internet videos being POV. It’s third person POV in that the person who’s point of view it’s from is filming a subject that’s not themselves
Again if it said something like “POV: I she a girl who doesn’t care what other people think” it’s the same. The wording could be better but there’s nothing wrong with the subject from one’s POV being something or someone else. I’m basically just repeating myself
An example would be something like “POV: Dad gets mad about grades” and you film your dad yelling at you. The subject is your dad, but the point of view is your own
No, no. You still don't understand. You are thinking about the meaning of POV, I am talking about the category or genre that are POV videos.
POV videos are always first-person because POV as a category is short for "first person POV".
By definition, the video is always a first-person video in which you are supposed to put yourself in the position of the camera, as if the video was filmed from your eyes, and the camera is the protagonist.
If the video isn't like that, it doesn't matter if the video has "POV" in the title, it's not a video one can categorize as a "POV" video.
In OP's video, the protagonist is not the viewer, is the dancing girl. The camera is just a passive observer that does not interact with what is happening, so it's not the protagonist. So it cannot be categorized as a POV video even if you changed the title to emphasize it's a POV from the person looking at the girl.
Yes, I’m not arguing about any of that. It’s POV of the person filming. Again like I’ve said multiple times it’s no different than if the video said “POV: I saw a girl live her best life”. You seem to think that the POV genre revolves around the person filming being the main subject, which is not always the case
Another example would be “POV: Walking outside and seeing the sunrise” the subject is the sunrise, which you are experiencing from the camera persons perspective
“POV: Seeing a girl walking down the street and she’s living her best life”
I think you’ll find that many videos within the POV genre don’t actually have the person behind the camera as the main subject, as a matter of fact it’s actually a lot less common considering they’re literally filming something else and not themselves…
The girl does not have to be the one filming, we can put ourselves into the perspective of the person filming in this case, which is clearly staged, but nonetheless an example of someone seeing something happen from their work or apartment or whatever