Sort by Boing Boing (Free subscription) - 09/05/2008 - YouTube
This is `The Get Out Clause` performing their song `Paper`. Almost all the footage is taken from council CCTV video cameras, which they've edited toge...
Sort by Boing Boing (Free subscription) - 09/05/2008
WillS sez, "The Get Out Clause, an unsigned Manchester band who could not afford a camera crew for their video, 'performed' in front of a load of CCTV cameras, requested the footage from the camera operators under the Freedom of Information Act and then stitched the results together for their music video." Link (Thanks, WillS!)...
Sort by The Daily Dish (Free subscription) - 19/05/2008
A British band uses CCTV and Britain's Data Protection Act to make a music video on the cheap:
Sort by CrunchGear (Free subscription) - 13/05/2008
If you're going to have to live in a Nanny State with Big Brother-like cameras all over the place, why not make the best of it? The Get Out Clause, a British indie band, did just that, playing their song paper in front of 80 various cameras around England and then requesting the tapes from the [...]
Sort by Listening Post (Free subscription) - 14/05/2008
The Get Out Clause has too strong a ColdPlay gene for us to truly appreciate them on the merits of their music, but the way they made the music video for "Paper" was pure brilliance. Nearly the entire video was...
Sort by Adland (Free subscription) - 13/05/2008
As much as I hate this song, I love the idea of the video. Perform in front of CCTV cameras, request the footage via the Data Protection Act, edit together = presto, neat video. read more
Sort by Nothing To Do With Arbroath (Free subscription) - 10/05/2008
Many people are uncomfortable with the march of the surveillance state – but a Manchester band has used it to their advantage. Unable to afford a proper camera crew and equipment, The Get Out Clause, an unsigned band from the city, decided to make use of the cameras seen all over British streets. With an estimated 13 million CCTV cameras in Britain, suitable locations were not hard to come by. They...
Sort by The Shotgun (Free subscription) - 02/06/2008
Apparently, The Get Out Clause, a British rock group, has put together a music video consisting almost entirely of closed-circuit television footage. They played their song "Paper" in various public places, then requested the video footage. The result is eerie....
Sort by 2 Cents Worth (Free subscription) - 17/05/2008
As I explore language for describing 21st century skills, I frequently come up with the word resourceful. This is one of the coolest stories I’ve read in a long time and an amazing example of resourcefulness. Brought to my attention by Tim Holt at Intended Consequences, an unsighned band, from Manchester England, wanted [...]
Sort by Discourse.net (Free subscription) - 15/05/2008
Via RB: CCTV, Get Out Clause and iMovie, What's a band to do if it hasn't got the cash to make its own music video and lives in a country with extremely high levels of CCTV? Well, Get Out Clause used state CCTV cameras and their rights to access information to create this clip, Unable to afford to make their own music video the band set up and performed their music in front of 80 of the 1,300 CCTV...
Sort by Line Out (Free subscription) - 13/05/2008
the least you can do is pair it with interesting videos. So congratulations to the UK's Get Out Clause , who, according to MetaFilter , "made their newest video by performing in front of 80 of London's approximately 13 million CCTV cameras , and then requesting the footage via the Data Protection Act." Idea: A+ Execution: C+ Song: C-
Sort by Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech (Free subscription) - 29/05/2008
With all the concern and debate over freedom and privacy, how about turning the tables? This band couldn't afford cameras to create a music video, so the used 80 of the over 13 million security cameras in the UK to record this music video. …..they wrote to the companies or organisations involved and asked for the [...]
Sort by SunbeltBLOG (Free subscription) - 10/05/2008
I know, I’m late on this story, but I figured I have to give both sides of the CCTV story: Unable to afford a proper camera crew and equipment, The Get Out Clause, an unsigned band from the city, decided to make use of the cameras seen all over British streets. Brilliant. Link here . Alex Eckelberry ( Hat tip )
Sort by World Hum (Free subscription) - 21/05/2008
The Get Out Clause , an unsigned band from Manchester, England, didn't have much money to spend on a music video. To get around the problem, the band performed in front of 80 closed-circuit television security cameras throughout its hometown—in a stairwell, on a bus, on a tram, in the middle of a street, and so on. The band secured some of the video through the Freedom of Information Act, then edited...
Sort by Everything And Nothing (Free subscription) - 09/06/2008
An unsigned rock band, The Get Out Clause, from Manchester, England, didn't have the money to make a professional video for its new song, Paper. But they had an idea: why not use some of the 13 million surveillance cameras...
Sort by Canuckflack (Free subscription) - 15/05/2008
Band Get Out Clause can't afford to shoot their own music video, so they pose and perform in front of 80 closed circuit cameras operated by various authorities around Britain, then demand the footage under the Data Protection Act. Enjoy: The faux crowdsourcing of business school cases, in which Yale attempts to argue that analysis from [...]
