About the SnorriCam

(Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SnorriCam)

A SnorriCam (also chestcam, bodymount camera, bodycam or bodymount) is a camera device used in filmmaking that is rigged to the body of the actor, facing the actor directly, so when he walks, he does not appear to move, but everything around him does. A SnorriCam presents a dynamic point of view from the actor's perspective, providing an unusual sense of vertigo for the viewer.

The SnorriCam is named after two Icelandic photographers and directors, Einar Snorri and Eiður Snorri, who –although they are not related– worked together under the name Snorri Bros.

The concept of the SnorriCam has been around for decades. Various ad hoc versions of the device were implemented in films going as far back as Seconds, in 1966. However, the practicality of such a point-of-view device was limited by the weight of the camera. Since most 35mm motion picture cameras were simply too heavy to easily carry, there was no real point in developing such a device. However, with the emergence of the Steadicam and the manufacture of small, lightweight, soundproof cameras that could fit on the Steadicam platform, an added bonus of these newer, lighter cameras was the possibility of a point-of-view device such as the SnorriCam.

Examples of use:

Film:

• Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
• Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, Pi - all directed by Darren Aronofsky
• Rocknrolla
• Malcolm X
• District 9
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Terminator Salvation

TV:

• That Mitchell and Webb Look - "Sir Digby Chicken-Caesar"

Music Video:

• The Smashing Pumpkins - "1979" directed by Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris (1995)
• Green Day - "Jesus of Suburbia" directed by Samuel Bayer (2005)