Analysis Of Camera, Laptop, Action: The New Golden Age Of Film

The article is named Camera, laptop, action: the new golden age of documentary is basically talk about with the technology development, the high-end digital camera and laptop are cheaper than before so that it gives more chances for people who only have low-budget film or documentary. Also, documentaries are “real life does often turn out to be a hell of a lot strange than anything you could make up” (O’Hagan 4). This article uses a lot of elements to argue the thesis. If you want to understand what point does writer want to talk about, the first thing needs to know is objective. So the purpose of the article is to tell readers the reason why nowadays is the new golden age which is the flourishing age of documentary and use some examples to prove it. The first main idea focused on low-budget films are play more and more important role in our life and it tends to people who really needed to tell their stories and can suddenly afford to do it on film (O’Hagan 2). It means that documentary is not only for professional people but also for normal people as well. People can record their life or make their own films by themselves because the camera and laptop are not hard to use it and it also has great price for people. Also, it will give more power and creative idea to film and documentary area. Because the normal people always based on
In the article it talks about Catfish it is a documentary that people know the grammar of feelings, they know how to act on camera and how to emote formally, while real feelings, which are of course messy and complicated, are hidden. (O’Hagan 3). It means that people focus on their life now, they pay more attention to the emotion which is a spiritual life. They start to understand that a good film needs to people’s