We all met at Ant's house at 11:30 to begin filming the indoor sequences of Ant waking up and getting ready for the day ahead. We then got a taxi into town (as the buses weren't running frequently enough for us to wait around) and walked to our first location to begin the performance aspect of the music video, where the puppeteer goes to find a crowd to perform in front of. We began at Queen's Gardens, then went to the Maritime Museum, then to Hull Marina and then to Fruit.
Whilst on our way to Fruit, we were stopped by a man who seemed intrigued by all our equipment and the puppet that Ant was carrying. He asked us if we were doing a puppet show and we explained about our media project. He seemed really nice and said that if we were still filming outside Fruit when he got back (in 15 minutes) that we could film in his vintage shop. We thought this would look really good and add to the quirkiness of the music video.
We finished up filming outside Fruit and decided to take a look around the vintage shop as we waited for the man to return. As we walked in we were stopped by a middle-aged couple and an elderly man who also asked us about our project and about what college we went to. We explained the music video and they went on to tell us about their son, Scott, who also studied media at Wyke.
We started to feel quite uncomfortable and awkward as these people didn't seem to leave us alone. We were already quite wary of the man from earlier, as his kindness seemed quite odd and Ant had already said he may have bad intentions. We went further into the vintage shop and the woman seemed to follow us around. We felt trapped at the back of the shop, as the man and woman were blocking our only exit and then the other man started to close the shutters.
Naturally, we started to panic as we didn't understand why they were shutting us in, and so we started to move towards the shutters and made the excuse that we had to film before it got too dark. When we got out of the shop (after practically running) we walked down the street to sort our equipment out. The man from earlier returned and asked us if we still wanted to film in his shop. We decided after that slight panic that we didn't really feel comfortable, so we explained that we were actually getting picked up.
Overall, the filming went really well and we got all the shots we needed in those specific locations. Ant did a really good job and seemed so natural in front of the camera.
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