Friday, March 8, 2013

How-to: $14 Lightweight Over-the-Shoulder Snorricam (Body-Mounted Camera Rig)

How-to: Lightweight Over-the-Shoulder Snorricam (Body-Mounted Camera Rig) Video Clips. Duration : 6.00 Mins.


In this DIY build episode, Griffin designs a third-person body-mounted camera rig out of PVC pipe for his GoPro Hero2 camera, to capture unique over-the-shoulder shots during the Warrior Dash. Music by Kevin MacLeod. VIDEO LINKS Griffin's Warrior Dash video: www.youtube.com Corridor Digital's third-person body rig: www.youtube.com Wye Oak - "Holy Holy" (snorricam music video): www.youtube.com Warrior Dash promo video: www.youtube.com ADDITIONAL VIDEOS Barbster360's third-person test video: www.youtube.com Backyard FX Snorricam tutorial: www.youtube.com ADDITIONAL BUILD INSTRUCTIONS (I'm using " to mean inches.) Click here for a photo guide for building this rig: www.instructables.com Using 1/2" PVC pipe (it's bigger than that, but that's what it's called), cut the following 13 lengths of pipe: -(6) 1.25" pieces (These are to connect fittings together. When inserted, the two fittings will cover the entire piece.) -(2) 8.25" pieces for the tall, vertical sides of the rectangle -(2) 2" pieces for the short, horizontal sides of the rectangle -(1) 12.25" piece for the long camera support arm -(1) 5.75" piece for the short camera support arm -(1) 4.5" piece for the camera support column (Now that I'm adding these up, I'm realizing it's about 73" of PVC—that's 6 feet and one inch. I used two 5-foot pieces of PVC, because of lots of trial and error as I figured out the design, but this is interesting: I have more than 5 feet remaining. They must be longer than they say.) You ...

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