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Shaky P.O.V. Cam is using the camera to represent the POV of some fast moving object or creature, usually UltimateEvil. Also occasionally used [[ArrowCam to show the point of view of the arrow, bullet]], or knife. It is usually shot in a JitterCam or handheld style, and with a fisheye lens or distortion effect.

Not to be confused with non-Raimi-style uses of JitterCam, which is often also called "Shaky Cam" in non-Wiki/TVTropes contexts for similar reasons.

Raimi's name for this contraption was ShakyCam (after SteadiCam), which is why ShakyCam redirects to this page. Not to be confused with non-Raimi-style uses of JitterCam, which is often also called "Shaky Cam" in non-Wiki/TVTropes contexts for similar reasons.

* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' has a fun twist on Raimi vision, as you get to watch Kratos massacre Poseidon in first person. The twist? You get to watch from Poseidon's Point of view. The sequence ends when Kratos gouges out his eyes. And yes, you get to see that from first person.

* Sami Callihan is infamous for his self admitted "weird videos". And yes, these have included "point of view" assaults, such as in the International Wrestling Cartel when he went so far as to trespass on Wrestling/RingOfHonor's facility grounds in order to attack their dojo students for getting close to Wrestling/DaizeeHaze, one of ROH's then head trainers and then focus of Callihan's obsessions. Haze was initially fearful and {{p|roperlyparanoid}}aranoid until Callihan left a camera behind in an effort not to be caught by other head trainer [[Wrestling/HunterJohnston Delirious]]. On seeing it Haze instantly realized Callihan was who they were dealing with.

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' and it's remake do it twice. The first is the POV of a zombie as it shambles slowly down the stairs toward the room ''[[NightmareFuel you just entered a moment ago]]''. Later on when you enter the corridor to the garden you experience the POV of a hunter as it tears straight toward you in a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* Too many ''Series/DoctorWho'' episodes to count. Most famously, it was used for [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E2TheDaleks the first shot of a Dalek ever shown]]! In the old days, this trick was often used to postpone the reveal of the monster's face until the {{Cliffhanger}} while still allowing the monster's involvement in the plot -- see "The Silurians" and "Robot" for just a couple of examples of stories shot that way. It remains in common use in the revival series, including first revealing the Dalek to us in this manner in "Dalek", as a direct ShoutOut to their previous debut -- similarly, "Asylum of the Daleks" has an HomageShot to the P.O.V. Cam scene in "The Daleks" in the final part of the episode when [[spoiler:Oswin]] attacks the Doctor. "The Empty Child"/"The Doctor Dances", "Tooth and Claw", and "The Lazarus Experiment" are just a handful of other revival stories that use it. ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' likes to do it too.

* It shows up in the first season finale of ''Series/TrueBlood'', when Lafayette is [[spoiler: kidnapped]].
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' uses this kind of shot and a special lens to represent the hell hounds, who are always invisible. Mostly used in "No Rest for the Wicked" (the Season 3 finale) and "Abandon All Hope" (Season 5).

* The BillPlympton animated short, ''High Noon'' which shows a showdown from the point of view of a bullet.

Raimi's name for this contraption was ShakyCam (after SteadiCam), which is why ShakyCam redirects to this page. Not to be confused with non-Raimi-style uses of JitterCam, which is often also called "Shaky Cam" in non-TvTropes contexts for similar reasons.

* It shows up in the first season finale of ''TrueBlood'', when Lafayette is [[spoiler: kidnapped]].

ShakyPOVCam is using the camera to represent the POV of some fast moving object or creature, usually UltimateEvil. Also occasionally used [[ArrowCam to show the point of view of the arrow, bullet]], or knife. It is usually shot in a JitterCam or handheld style, and with a fisheye lens or distortion effect.

* ''LoadingReadyRun'' likes playing with this trope in their "X Ways to Y" segments - all of them include "The Sam Raimi," which involves (increasingly ridiculous as the videos go on) a point of view... thing... chasing one of the characters - sometimes to do... something... to them, other times to do things such as hand them a soda.

* ''Anime/HaloLegends'': "The Babysitter" uses this trope.

* ''Anime/HaloLegends'': The Babysitter uses this trope.

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* Too many ''Series/DoctorWho'' episodes to count. Most famously, it was used for [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E2TheDaleks the first shot of a Dalek ever shown]]! In the old days, this trick was often used to postpone the reveal of the monster's face until the {{Cliffhanger}} while still allowing the monster's involvement in the plot - see "The Silurians" and "Robot" for just a couple of examples of stories shot that way. It remains in common use in the revival series, including first revealing the Dalek to us in this manner in "Dalek", as a direct ShoutOut to their previous debut - similarly, "Asylum of the Daleks" has an HomageShot to the POV Cam scene in "The Daleks" in the final part of the episode when [[spoiler: Oswin]] attacks the Doctor. "The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances", "Tooth and Claw", and "The Lazarus Experiment" are just a handful of other revival stories that use it.
** ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' likes to do it too.

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* This is the key to finding an invisible boss monster in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass''; the top screen shows the boss's point of view.

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* ''Anime/HaloLegends'' - The Babysitter uses this trope.

* During the climactic shootout of ''Film/TrueGrit1969'', there's a brief shot from Rooster's POV while he's charging towards his enemies on horseback. The results are so shaky and nauseating it would appear they ''actually'' strapped a camera to a horse and started filming at full gallop.

* PlayedForLaughs in an episode of ''PhineasAndFerb'' where the boys are shooting a movie starring Candace. Phineas explains that they need a RaimiVision shot so he had taped a camera to a starving monkey, he then hands Candace a banana and the monkey chases her as the audience watches in RaimiVision. In the next scene Candace looks beat-up and Phineas says that in order to shoot the scene again safely, he taped the camera to a starving Ferb instead, then hands Candace a sandwich. Cue the ''exact'' same RaimiVision scene as a shrieking Ferb chases Candace.

* Used for the smoke monster on ''{{Lost}}'' as it approaches Eko in "[[https://youtu.be/r-Y64_GWpHw?t=1m57s The 23rd Psalm]]." It appears again for a POV of the Monster crossing the Island in "The Substitute".

->"Of '''course'''! The monster in ''Film/{{The Evil Dead|1981}}'' is really Creator/SamRaimi's cameraman!"

* Used for the smoke monster on ''{{Lost}}'' as it approaches Eko in "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Y64_GWpHw The 23rd Psalm]]." (Starts at about the 2-minute mark.) It appears again for a POV of the Monster crossing the Island in "The Substitute".

* Too many ''Series/DoctorWho'' episodes to count. Examples include "The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances", "Tooth and Claw", and "The Lazarus Experiment".
** Oh, and also ''the first shot of a Dalek ever shown.'' [[TheOtherWiki Look up]] "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E2TheDaleks The Daleks]]" if you don't believe me.
*** "Dalek", their first new series appearance, does this too.
*** "Asylum of the Daleks", within the final parts of the episode, [[spoiler:does the scene from their first appearance of the Daleks exactly, having Dalek Oswin attack The Doctor]].

* ''{{Halo}}: Legends'' - The Babysitter uses this trope.

-->-- ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'': ''Film/TheCreepingTerror''

* Creator/TheCoenBrothers first movie, ''BloodSimple'', uses it. The fact that they were assistant editor to Creator/SamRaimi on ''Evil Dead'' might go a long way to explain why.

->"Of '''course'''! The monster in ''Film/{{The Evil Dead|1981}}'' is really Sam Raimi's cameraman!"

->"Of '''course'''! The monster in ''The Franchise/EvilDead'' is really Sam Raimi's cameraman!"

The technique was made famous by ''Franchise/EvilDead'' director Sam Raimi, who had almost no money at all for effects, and put a camera on a board strung on ropes between two people, running it through the forest, to represent the unspeakable horror terrorizing his cast. In ''[[Franchise/EvilDead Evil Dead 2]]'', we finally [[TheReveal get to see the monster]], and it is appropriately horrific. Though the trope itself is played for laughs, as Ash runs away from the camera and we see scenes where the camera looks towards Ash as he runs, and reveals that he's literally running away from nothing.

* As mentioned in the description, used extensively in both EvilDead and EvilDead2

* The final shot of ''Film/AloneInTheDark2005'' is pretty much a duplication of the final scene of ''The Evil Dead'', only this is UweBoll we're talking about here, so not nearly as good as the original.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' uses this kind of shot and a special lens to represent the @#!*% hounds, who are always invisible. Mostly used in "No Rest for the Wicked" (the Season 3 finale) and "Abandon All Hope" (Season 5).