vignettenoun [ C ]
uk/vɪˈnjet/us/vɪˈnjet/a short piece of writing, music, acting, etc. that clearly expresses the typical characteristics of something or someone:
She wrote several vignettes of small-town life.
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Types of film, play, book etc.
- adaptation
- anime
- blockbuster
- epic
- epigram
- epistle
- film noir
- hagiography
- hokum
- indie
- lampoon
- mystery
- pap
- pastiche
- pastoral
- prose
- saga
- satire
- slow
- the big screen 1
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