We have decided to make our own snorricam after looking into it. I have been given the job of lead designer and creator, so here is my initial sketch I went of.
I managed to find on the Internet a picture of a snorricam that looks quite similar to this one. So I modified the image to my own needs and drew this to show people what I was on about



After that I got the wood required and started to create the snorricam


I cut all the wood separately and then put it together afterwards.




I encountered a prblem here because I drilled the holes on the wrong side of the straight piece of wood. Because of this I then had to re-drill some of the holes to match my mistake.


The many holes around the outside was done intentionally, so that I could move the arms and ajust the angle and hight of the snorricam to suit all needs.


This is the final peice, on the wood side of things. As you can see it does look like a partially created snorricam.



I had initially thought about using string or some kind of straps to hold the board to the body, but I came up with the idea of undoing the straps of a normal bag and passing them through the pre cut holes. This way it is easier to undo, more comfortable, easier to carry, my bag will still be usable afterwards and I can also carry anything I need for filming in the bag itself.




The main problem however was going to be attaching the camera to the end, without it wobbling. My first idea was going to be, placing a flate plate on the end that the camera could be screwed directly into. However the problem with this is that I wouldn't be able to move the arms without pointing the camera at the ceiling, because I wouldn't be able to ajust the camera's positioning.


But I asked Mr M and he allowed us to use a broken tripod to try and use to conect to the end so that the camera could be directly attached to that. After a quick trip to the design technology department, we managed to cut the end of and attach the tripod head and neck to the bottom peice of the wood using some jubilee clips.




So that is our snorricam, we will soon be posting some footage of the snorricam in action.