SnorriCam

English

Alternative forms

• snorricam

Etymology

From Icelandic Snorri +‎ cam(era), named after two Icelandic photographers and directors, Einar Snorri and Eiður Snorri Eysteinsson.

Noun

SnorriCam (plural SnorriCams)

1. (film) A camera device used in filmmaking that is rigged to the body of the actor, with the camera facing the actor.
   • 2017, Tarja Laine, Bodies in Pain: Emotion and the Cinema of Darren Aronofsky, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 61:

     Harry convinces Marion to have sex with her psychiatrist in exchange for money to buy drugs, and when she is leaving the man's apartment she is filmed with a SnorriCam, the lens facing her directly.

Further reading

• SnorriCam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia