fade-out
Scene's quiet exit
A fade-out is a gradual decrease in visibility or sound, especially the technique in film and audio where the image dims to black or the sound diminishes to silence: The song ends with a long fade-out.
The term extends to any gradual disappearance or withdrawal: His fade-out from public life was deliberate.
End or deduction
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- denouementStory's final unraveling
- epilogueConcluding literary section
- codaClosing musical passage
outro · swan-song · wind-down · wrap-up · sign-off · curtain · closing · sendoff
Decrease gradually
- ebbGradual retreat seaward
- diminishTo make smaller
- dwindleDecrease gradually over time
- taperNarrow gradually toward point
recede · subside · dissipate · weaken · atrophy · erode · wither
Amount of space filled
- decrescendoGradual decrease in loudness
- mixCombine different elements
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- muteWithout voice or sound
soften · taper · attenuate · ducking · outro · dip · diminuendo · decay
Disperse into liquid
transition · screen · credits · wipe · cut · cinematography · editing · post-production
Lasting very briefly
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- passingMoving by or temporary
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
impermanent · momentary · short-lived · transitory · dying · disappearing
conclusion
End or deduction
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- denouementStory's final unraveling
- epilogueConcluding literary section
coda · outro · swan-song · wind-down · wrap-up · sign-off · curtain · closing · sendoff · farewell
wane
Decrease gradually
taper · recede · subside · dissipate · weaken · atrophy · erode · wither
volume
Amount of space filled
- decrescendoGradual decrease in loudness
- mixCombine different elements
- silenceTotal lack of sound
mute · soften · taper · attenuate · ducking · outro · dip · diminuendo · decay · rolloff
dissolve
Disperse into liquid
vignette · transition · screen · credits · wipe · cut · cinematography · editing · post-production
ephemeral
Lasting very briefly
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- passingMoving by or temporary
vanishing · impermanent · momentary · short-lived · transitory · dying · disappearing
- film editingediting, film editing, cut, editor, splice
- fading awaywaning, ebbing, dwindling, subsiding, dying down
- cinemafilm, films, film studios, movies, movie
fade-outhard cut
Immediate scene transition
smash cut · jump cut · straight cut · cut · snap
fade-outfade-in
Gradual visual emergence
fade in · swell · crescendo · brightening · emergence
fade-outfade-in
Gradual visual emergence
emergence · rise · breakthrough · arrival · intensification