In his book _Inside the Gaze_, Francesco Casetti calls what you refer to as the 'God's eye' pov shot as the 'unreal objective shot'. For Casetti, this refers to unusual camera angles that cannot be attributed to any character. Casetti gives the example of those shots found in Busby Berkeley musicals where the camera is placed perpendicular to the horizon, when it is pointing downwards on a group of dancers who form an abstract pattern. Casetti then gives this shot (as with the other types of shot he discusses) a dubious linguistic formulation (in terms of personal pronouns). According to Casetti, the formula for the unreal objective shot is 'as though you were me' (p. 50). His main point is that the enunciator and enunciatee are positioned as equivalent to the extent that both are detached or absent from the scene and share the camera's omniscient position. Warren Buckland www.warrenbuckland.com ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]