140 students take part in elaborate mannequin challenge during graduation ceremony

This video shows 140 graduates stop in the their tracks during a ceremony as they all took part in an elaborate Mannequin Challenge. The group of law students from the University of the West of England had just received their degrees at Bristol Cathedral when vice-chancellor Jane Harrington asked them to freeze. They were then filmed for a minute on Thursday with the footage proving a big hit since being posted on social media as part of the viral challenge that has swept the internet. Richard Tatnall, who is part of the social media team at the university, said: "The man challenge has been around for a few weeks and we had the graduation ceremonies coming up so it seemed too good an opportunity to miss. "We did one in the marquee outside the cathedral but then our vice chancellor Jane Harrington was keen to extend it within the cathedral itself. "She announced the plan towards the end of the ceremony and everyone seemed to really embrace the idea idea. "We had a really good response on the ground and it was nice to add a bit or originality to the graduation ceremonies."