Many people believe that film is a less important art than other forms such as literature and painting. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Film
is often looked down on as a less important Suggestion
The film
art
form in comparison with more elevated mediums like painting and literature. In my opinion, though the blatant commercialisation of film
often undermines its claim to be art
at all, it is a clearly more important art
form for the 21st century.
Those who would minimise the importance of film
, can point out its primary purpose is to make money. This
has become increasingly true in the last
several decades as studios have assumed greater power. It used to be common for auteurs like Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, and Robert Altman to make modestly budgeted films that earned decent returns. The advent of blockbuster films generally and superhero movies in particular
make it much harder for studios catering to their shareholders to justify anything other than a tent-pole franchises. The artistic merits of these big movies tend to be low as they are often made by a committee and strive only for escapism and fan service.
However
, film
has clearly overtaken other forms of Suggestion
the film
art
in the popular imagination. Hundreds of years ago, composers, playwrights, novelists, and painters were held in higher esteem and their works were the centre of popular culture. Music and film
have now displaced them. Someone who would have become a great writer in the 19th century, would now opt to make films as they can reach the greatest number of people and the medium is newer and more open to possibility. A good example of this
would be a young filmmaker like P.T. Anderson, who creates thoughtful and explorative
works that also
have a degree of mass appeal.
In conclusion, film
as an art
form is ascendant today. It is, however
, still important for audiences to tune in to a wide breadth of genres in order to encourage the film
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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately
Linking words are very important in your essay.
To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.
Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.
In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.
Linking word examples:
- firstly
- secondly
- thirdly
- in additional
- moreover
- also
- for example
- for instance
- therefore
- however
- although
- even though
- despite