MacDougall, David2023-07-310894-9468http://hdl.handle.net/1885/294630In ethnographic films visual images, both singly and in combination, make sense in a variety of ways through their uses in description, analysis, interpretation and explanation. These uses rely on the filmmaker’s ability to guide the viewer’s understanding and the viewer’s ability to read a filmmaker’s intentions. This article was provoked by thinking about the ramifications of filming just one scene for an ethnographic filmapplication/pdfen-AU© 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLCHow the Visual Makes Sense202010.1080/08949468.2019.16717462022-05-29