I suppose we could therefore call any film with separate, unconnected segments which are actually shot at one time with a particular feature in mind a vignette film (but I'm making up this classification system on the spot here, so don't take it as gospel). Actually, as much as 60-70 percent of all classic adult features fall into this category, if you think about it. The set-ups might by more elaborate, and even have a thread of a narrative (as in something like Take Off , for example, or any of the Blake films I have seen), but the premise is the same. Some people would argue that this is the best type of adult feature, because of the flexiblity it allows for presenting a range of different sex scenes with different erotic situations.

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I think it does make sense to suggest that films conceived as a whole – rather than constructed around previously shot, disparate, footage - are best referred to as vignette. Of course, the evidence at hand – the finished films – won’t always be conclusive; for example, Maraschino Cherry would still be considered a loop-carrier but, at a guess, something like DeRenzy’s Let’s Get It On wouldn’t.

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