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SnorriCam

SnorriCam noun: a camera device used in filmmaking that is rigged to the body of the actor, with the camera facing the actor.

Noun

SnorriCam (plural SnorriCams)

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

Forms of SnorriCam

pluralSnorriCams
alternative formsnorricam

Origin of SnorriCam

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

Questions about SnorriCam

What does SnorriCam mean?
SnorriCam means a camera device used in filmmaking that is rigged to the body of the actor, with the camera facing the actor.
What part of speech is SnorriCam?
SnorriCam is a noun.
What is the plural of SnorriCam?
The plural of SnorriCam is SnorriCams.

Words near SnorriCam in the dictionary

  1. snorks
  2. snorks down
  3. snoRNA
  4. snoRNAs
  5. Snorri's Edda
  6. SnorriCam
  7. snort
  8. snort up
  9. snortable
  10. snorted
  11. snorter

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