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Tatyana
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This amused me to no end.
The funny thing is, this is now becoming a really common occurence for all sorts of theatre groups, other bands, and performers.
Go to the link to see their music video
The Get Out Clause, Manchester's stars of CCTV cameras - Telegraph
The Get Out Clause, Manchester stars of CCTV
Many people are uncomfortable with the march of the surveillance state – but a Manchester band has used it to their advantage.
By Tom Chivers
Last Updated: 6:54PM BST 08 May 2008
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 set up their equipment, drum kit and all, in eighty locations around Manchester – including on a bus – and proceeded to play to the cameras.
Afterwards they wrote to the companies or organisations 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," Mr Churnside said.
The funny thing is, this is now becoming a really common occurence for all sorts of theatre groups, other bands, and performers.
Go to the link to see their music video
The Get Out Clause, Manchester's stars of CCTV cameras - Telegraph
The Get Out Clause, Manchester stars of CCTV
Many people are uncomfortable with the march of the surveillance state – but a Manchester band has used it to their advantage.
By Tom Chivers
Last Updated: 6:54PM BST 08 May 2008
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 set up their equipment, drum kit and all, in eighty locations around Manchester – including on a bus – and proceeded to play to the cameras.
Afterwards they wrote to the companies or organisations 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," Mr Churnside said.
