Nowadays the video camera plays a more and more important role in people’s common life. I agree that video camera’s records are accurately and convincingly, but in my opinion, the camera video could never take the place of written records.

In some fields, the video camera reveals a strong advantage than written records. As to reappear a drama performance or a sport game, no matter how vivid words or how accurate description yet cannot match up to the records of video camera. Furthermore, there exist an unavoidable problem in written records which the articles and paintings always be tangled with the writers or painters’ emotions, at the same time the video camera could accomplish it objectively. Another use of the video camera is also draws its importance in current life, that is the oversee camera video in the public who prevent our safety.

Nevertheless, I can not fully agree with the speaker. As medicine’s side effects, some the video camera’s shortcoming destines that it can’t do duty of written records. In the first place, the high costs causes it wont be a popular choice in daily life. Secondly, the video camera is more suitable for a short time event. For a long one such as the whole process of a several-year study, it’s too hard to both record and searches.

Actually, written records are needed in people’s daily life not just for its convenience and low costs. Written records’ kernel is not to repeat the facts unfeigned. The process of an article’s composing contains the writer’s cogitation, analysis, filtering and regroupment.  Writing will be everlasting valued on the stage of reappear events profoundly and always stands a higher state to the facts. That’s why the historical books are more attractive among popular than fact-films be.

In sum, although the video camera has a strong ability at documenting in modern life, it still cannot overshadow the brilliant light of written records. Be with the development of high technology, we should find a equinoctial point between video camera and written records.