*Film Art* 7th edition states: *eyeline match*: shot A presents someone looking at something offscreen, shot B shows us what is being looked at. *POV shot*: a cut from a person looking to what he sees. Where is the difference, here? My understanding was always that in a POV shot, the spectator "becomes" the character looking and sees what s/he sees and the character looking is never onscreen. Whereas the eyeline match shows the character looking and what s/he is looking. However, FA also states that in the case of the eyeline match, "in neither (A and B) shot are both looker and object present. Thoughts? Gloria Monti ______________________________ gloria monti, PH.D. cinema studies program oberlin college 10 n. professor st. oberlin, OH 44074 phone: 440-775-6015 fax: 440-775-8684 e-mail: [log in to unmask] ________________________ "What's your impression of Los Angeles?" "It's a big garage." Jean-Luc Godard ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu