fadeout
Scene's slow disappearance
A fadeout is a gradual decrease in visibility or volume until something disappears entirely.
In film and video, the image dims to black; in audio, sound diminishes to silence.
The term extends to any gradual withdrawal or ending: His fadeout from public life was so slow that nobody noticed when he was finally gone.
Also spelled fade-out or fade out.
Combine different elements
- volumeAmount of space filled
- crossfadeGradual audio overlap transition
- decrescendoGradual decrease in loudness
- silenceTotal lack of sound
mute · attenuation · ducking · tail · reverb · echo · decay · diminuendo
Severance or reduction
- segueUnbroken passage between sections
- transitionChange from one state
- creditsUnits toward graduation
- finaleConcluding part of performance
denouement · epilogue · final frame · wrap · curtain · swan song · sign-off · coda
Disperse into liquid
- blackoutComplete power loss
- irisEye's pigmented disc
- wipeRub to clean
- transitionChange from one state
vignette · dimming · blur · defocus · exposure · whiteout · soft focus · gradation
To make smaller
- dwindleDecrease gradually over time
- waneDecrease gradually
- ebbGradual retreat seaward
- taperNarrow gradually toward point
recede · subside · decline · trail off · die down · dissipate · attenuate · slacken
Cease to be visible
- evaporateTransition to gaseous state
- dissolveDisperse into liquid
- disperseCause to spread apart
- effaceEliminate from view
obliterate · erase · dematerialize · evanesce · dispel · extinguish · recede · deplete
mix
Combine different elements
- volumeAmount of space filled
- crossfadeGradual audio overlap transition
- decrescendoGradual decrease in loudness
silence · mute · attenuation · ducking · tail · reverb · echo · decay · diminuendo · outro
cut
Severance or reduction
- segueUnbroken passage between sections
- transitionChange from one state
- creditsUnits toward graduation
finale · denouement · epilogue · final frame · wrap · curtain · swan song · sign-off · coda · last act
dissolve
Disperse into liquid
transition · vignette · dimming · blur · defocus · exposure · whiteout · soft focus · gradation · luminance
diminish
To make smaller
taper · recede · subside · decline · trail off · die down · dissipate · attenuate · slacken · weaken
vanish
Cease to be visible
efface · obliterate · erase · dematerialize · evanesce · dispel · extinguish · recede · deplete · slip away
- musical endingscoda, outro, finale, postlude, ending
- disappearingvanish, disappear, vanishing, evaporate, gone
- endingsending, the end, finish, close, final
- finalesfinale, grand finale, final curtain, curtain call, final bow
- vanishingdisappearance, vanish, vanishing, disappear, dissolving
- song partsverse, intro, chorus, verse-chorus, outro
fadeoutfade-in
Gradual visual emergence
emergence · appearance · arrival · materialization · crescendo