Day 188 - 15 Nov 95 - Page 09
1 MR. MORRIS: Pages 13 and 14 are of a slightly different
2 character?
3 A. Pages 13 and 14 are thoughts that I had on what
4 I thought it was possible to say about McDonald's, having
5 spent some time there, and the kind of thing that we might
6 -- I mean, it was my sort of interpretation of what I was
7 looking at at McDonald's, which I gave to the producer.
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9 Q. That is 13 and 14?
10 A. Yes; that is objective interpretation, really.
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12 Q. Yes. After that?
13 A. Pages 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 are all notes that I took
14 during the filming week, during the filming process.
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16 Q. So, if we just clarify, you would have taken -- did you
17 take actual physical notes at the time when you made your
18 observations?
19 A. I would carry a notebook with me and write down what
20 I was actually watching. If I was talking to people and
21 they said something which I thought was worth recording,
22 then I would write down that quote in my notebook as they
23 spoke it. I mean, sometimes I would watch the grill
24 process and then go and sit at the table and write down the
25 description, rather than writing it down as I was watching
26 it. But, basically, I would write down in a notebook all
27 the time that I was there what people were saying and what
28 I was seeing; and then at night I would go back and type
29 them up.
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31 Q. How much time did you actually spend in the store just
32 observing, without working or filming?
33 A. Just observing -- it is difficult to be precise, but
34 I would think that I spent something like ten days in the
35 Strand, Croydon and also another store in Surrey somewhere
36 that I went to.
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Where was that, can you remember?
39 A. I think it was East Grinstead, but -----
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41 Q. East Grinstead?
42 A. I think so. I cannot remember, though. I know we
43 drove out into the country.
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45 MR. MORRIS: Something like ten days; and approximately how many
46 hours would that be each day?
47 A. I would go there and watch the breakfast process and
48 then spend a morning, go through the lunchtimes; sometimes
49 I would leave in the afternoon, but other times I might
50 stay throughout -- I mean, come in mid-morning and go
51 through the whole -- I mean, I would spend something like
52 eight hours there.
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54 Q. Approximately?
55 A. Approximately each time. I mean, sometimes it might
56 have been shorter if I was going to do other things,
57 but -----
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59 Q. Right. That was strictly observation?
60 A. Yes.
