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{{trope}}
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▲Aka the [[Bodymount Cam]] or [[Snorri Cam]]: The camera is mounted on the actor's body and aimed at the face, so as the actor moves, his or her face remains steady and in focus while the background bounces and moves. Similar to the [[Head Cam]], but the footage is looking in the opposite direction.
Its use is normally for when the subject is moving quickly but one wants to keep a strong emphasis on the actor's facial expressions. Since it gives a continued shot of his face while in a slightly surreal manner the world starts to slide and shift, it can be particularly effective when the subject is in a state of confusion, shock or disgust, as we get to keep a good look at his face at a point when he is erratically stumbling around and we get to experience the discomforting and unsettling movements of the world around him.
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== [[Film]] ==
* Seen in the the TV movie ''Charlie's Angels the Unauthorized Story'' when the network assistant has ripped the [[Ratings|Nielsen ratings]] numbers off the teletype and is carrying them to the head of the network.
* The famous [[Nostril Shot]] from ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]'' serves to mimic this as cheaply as possible.
* ''Bound''.
* Frequently used when a character is wearing a space suit or similar, although typically that character will be seen in profile in such a shot to reveal the background through his or her helmet visor. For example, ''[[Alien (
* Used in the 2003 version of ''[[Freaky Friday]]'' when Mom wakes up in her daughter's body.
* ''[[The Lovely Bones]]'' features Mr. Harvey chasing Lindsey Salmon inside his house.
* ''[[
* Used to good effect in ''[[Pi]]'' and ''[[Requiem for
* Used in ''[[Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels]]'' to express a character's devastation after losing a high-stakes card game.
** In ''[[
* ''[[
** Itself probably (as with many other parts of the dance) a parody of ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'' and its use of the twirling partners.
* ''[[Titanic]]'' with Jack and Kate's dance
** Mocked in [[
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* Used extensively in ''Touching The Void'' when the protagonist is walking down a mountain on a broken leg.
* ''[[The Hangover]]'' as Stu is stumbling about in his hungover stupor.
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* ''[[Scariest Places On Earth]]''
* Used to great effect in the "Sir Digby Chicken Caesar" sequences of ''[[That Mitchell and Webb Look]]''. The title character is a tramp who imagines himself as a [[Sherlock Holmes]] figure, and his internal monologue and chase scenes are presented from this viewpoint. As he hums his own music.
* ''[[
* Similar to the helmet-cam used on ''[[Fear Factor]]'', during high-altitude stunts.
* Used rather [[Narm
* Canadian comedy-newsman [[The Rick Mercer Report|Rick Mercer]] always uses these for his rants, and has lampshaded it several times.
* Les Stroud frequently used an improvised face cam while making the ''[[Survivorman]]'' series.
* ''[[
== [[Music]] ==
* If those examples don't help, then maybe you'll recall [[
* Used throughout the music video for [[Radiohead]]'s "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoLJJRIWCLU Jigsaw Falling into Place]", co-directed by [[Adam Buxton]] (of [[Adam and Joe]]) and Garth Jennings (of Hammer & Tongs, of the ''[[The
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[
* Also dancing, [[Phineas and Ferb]] with Perry and Dr. Doofenshmirtz in "It's About Time"
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