# Body-mounted (snorricam)

Camera / Camera move / Human camera. Checked 2026-10-13.

The person is locked in frame while the world swings around them: disorientation, intensity.

- Use when: Music videos, sport, a character losing control.
- Phrase: body-mounted camera fixed to his chest facing his face, he stays still in the frame while the street swings behind him
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/move/snorricam
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/move/snorricam.json

## Watch out

- Give one main camera move per shot. Two moves at once, or orders that contradict each other, make the camera wander. (vendor; Kling camera guide and ByteDance Dreamina Seedance guide, via Director Chair field notes on video prompting)

## Move card

- **Camera:** fixed to the subject's body, facing them
- **Pace:** the body's own movement
- **Keep:** the subject locked in frame while the world swings
- **Ends:** the subject still fixed in frame

## Reference: Body-mounted camera / Snorricam

> body-mounted Snorricam. Movement: keep the camera fixed relative to the subject's torso or face while the subject moves. Speed: match the subject's body motion. Framing: keep the subject close, centered and facing the camera as the background moves around them. End: finish with the subject still locked in frame.

Credit: AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com). Source: https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/24-snorricam-v2-hq.mp4
Clip: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/24-snorricam-v2-hq.mp4
Poster: https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/24-snorricam-v2-hq.jpg

## Prompts

### Seedance 2.5

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot
Optics and camera: Body-mounted camera fixed to the subject's chest facing the subject's face, the subject stays still in the frame while the street swings behind the subject. Camera: fixed to the subject's body, facing them. Pace: the body's own movement. Keep: the subject locked in frame while the world swings. Ends: the subject still fixed in frame.
Reference clip (Body-mounted camera / Snorricam): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/24-snorricam-v2-hq.mp4
```

### Seedance 2.0

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1: one continuous shot
Optics and camera: Body-mounted camera fixed to the subject's chest facing the subject's face, the subject stays still in the frame while the street swings behind the subject. Camera: fixed to the subject's body, facing them. Pace: the body's own movement. Keep: the subject locked in frame while the world swings. Ends: the subject still fixed in frame.
Reference clip (Body-mounted camera / Snorricam): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/24-snorricam-v2-hq.mp4
```

### Kling 3.0

```
[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Body-mounted camera fixed to the subject's chest facing the subject's face, the subject stays still in the frame while the street swings behind the subject. Camera: fixed to the subject's body, facing them. Pace: the body's own movement. Keep: the subject locked in frame while the world swings. Ends: the subject still fixed in frame.
Reference clip (Body-mounted camera / Snorricam): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/24-snorricam-v2-hq.mp4
```

### Veo 3.1

```
Body-mounted camera fixed to the subject's chest facing the subject's face, the subject stays still in the frame while the street swings behind the subject. Camera: fixed to the subject's body, facing them. Pace: the body's own movement. Keep: the subject locked in frame while the world swings. Ends: the subject still fixed in frame. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.
Reference clip (Body-mounted camera / Snorricam): https://directorchair.ai/media/aicameramovements/24-snorricam-v2-hq.mp4
```

## Look further

- https://aicameramovements.com/ : a looping example clip of this move and a free prompt card (link only)

## Goes well with

- Handheld: https://directorchair.ai/move/handheld-shot

## Source

Move names and the seven groups from aicameramovements.com (names and structure only); behaviour and numbers in our own words from Director Chair field notes on video prompting and the first Director Chair spec

Text CC BY 4.0, Director Chair (directorchair.ai). Reference clips and their card texts belong to their makers.