fade in
Brightening into view
A fade in is a gradual transition from darkness or silence to full visibility or volume.
The technique appears constantly in film, television, and audio production: The movie fades in on a quiet suburban street.
As a verb, to fade in is to execute this transition: Fade in the music slowly.
The opposite is fade out.
appear
Become perceptible to sight
- emergeCome out into view
- dissolveDisperse into liquid
- transitionChange from one state
opacity · reveal · screen · cinema · film · editing · montage · shot · scene · overlay
gradual
Developing slowly over time
- volumeAmount of space filled
- increaseGrowth in amount
- soundtrackMusic accompanying visual media
music · crescendo · amplify · swell · intro · buildup · mix · crossfade · gain · level
- DJ techniquescrossfade, sampling, looping, beatmatching, crossfading
- musical cuessting, stinger, cue, fanfare, bumper
- visibilityvisibility, visible, invisible, hidden, hide
- A/V effectsecho, reverb, lens flare, distortion, CGI
- audio effectsreverb, delay, flanger, chorus effect, phaser
- film editingediting, film editing, cut, editor, splice