Blog Post 7

I chose to write about the Amish Montage scene where they describe the outside world and the Amish world which would be in the category of Amish, not English. They believe that things that entertain us in the world are not good, so they just do labor and other chores at the Amish church. The visual evidence here is the person digging dirt putting it in a machine and someone else feeding cows which is good visual evidence for showing how reality is for the Amish people. What makes this visual evidence useful is that the audience could see what the Amish people do in their everyday life. 

Some of these scenes might not be staged because the people who made this movie wanted truthful details since they are making a documentary about the Amish tradition. What I mean by truthful details is that they might have gone to an actual Amish church to interview everyone there. If they go to an actual Amish church, they can get a video of what people actually do instead of creating an environment with props. If they created an environment with props, that means they did not go to an actual place to record the traditions of everyone and just lie to us. 

Other scenes that stand out were showing the clips of McDonalds and other places that existed out of the boundaries of the Amish community. The visual evidence showing places outside of the Amish community is good visual evidence for showing what the Amish people avoid which would be the English community. 

Visual evidence can be in conflict if it is not confirmed to be legit or if people do not trust it. For example, the video at the Amish church may not be an actual church but maybe, a setting to create a documentary video about the tradition of Amish people. It may be hard to prove the interviewers are at the actual area for the interview and convince people it is not a place that is set up or created. 

3:30-6:10 minutes of the video

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