antdude, May 10, 2008 6:30:06 AM CEST
The Get Out Clause - Paper
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"`The Get Out Clause` performing their song `Paper`.

Almost all the footage is taken from council CCTV video cameras, which they've edited together, very clever :)..."
         
idea: 10, execution: 2. (shame...)
         
i don't know...

the idea is cool for like 10 seconds. i don't know what else can be done to make it hold on its own for several minutes
         
someone on u2b wrote:
"I was blown away by the idea, but sadly I'm not sold. CCTV cameras never have such good resolution and generally take about one frame a second at most. I smell astroturf and really good PR. Sorry."
couldn't have put it better myself. not massive a fan of the music either.
         
samwab, you couldn't be more wrong.

In the UK, under the Freedom of Information Act, CCTV operators are legally obliged to provide footage on request.

With an estimated 13 million CCTV cameras in Britain, suitable locations were not hard to come by.

They set up their equipment in EIGHTY locations around Manchester – including on a bus – and proceeded to play to the cameras.

Afterwards they wrote to the CCTV operators involved and asked for the footage under the Freedom of Information Act.

"We wanted to produce something that looked good and that wasn't too expensive to do," guitarist Tony Churnside told Sky News.

"We hit upon the idea of going into Manchester and setting up in front of cameras we knew would be filming and then requesting that footage under the Freedom Of Information act."

Only a quarter of the organisations contacted fulfilled their obligation to hand over the footage – perhaps predictably, bigger firms were reluctant, while smaller companies were more helpful – but that still provided enough for a video with 20 locations.

"We had a number of different excuses as to why we weren't given the footage, like they didn't have the footage. They delete after a certain amount of time, so if they procrastinate for long enough, they can claim it's been deleted," Churnside said.
         
yep, nice idea, not entirely sure if it pulls it off... but then i really wasn't digging the band/music. i know that's not a criticism of the vidoe, but makes it hard.

joeaston - i got to say, some of the shots do seem a little staged; close-ups on the singer which are far too clear? empty bus with people artily placed around not looking at the band? and yep frame rate seems a hell of a lot better than you'd get out of most cameras...

...but that's probably just my cynical brain. either way, a cool idea.