final scene
Story's last moment
The final scene is the last segment of a film, play, or television episode—the concluding moments before credits roll or curtain falls.
The term extends to real-life endings: In a final scene worthy of Hollywood, he walked out of the courtroom a free man.
A deathbed moment may be called someone's final scene, emphasizing life's theatrical quality.
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
- curtainFabric hung for privacy
- endingFinal portion of something
- creditsUnits toward graduation
- closing creditsPost-film name roster
end credits · farewell · goodbye · denouement · resolution · last act · closing · epilogue · fade · fade to black · blackout · applause · standing ovation · bow · last · ultimate · conclusion · dramatic
- scenesdream sequence, climax, confrontation, first kiss, first meeting
- endingsending, the end, close, end, conclusion
- finalescurtain call, last act, closing act, encore, swan song
- griefgrief, mourning, bereavement, sorrow, grieving
- tragedytragedy, tragic flaw, tragic hero, tragic heroes, tragic irony
final sceneopening scene
Beginning of a performance
opening · beginning · introduction · opener · prologue
final sceneexposition
Systematic explanatory presentation
setup · introduction · beginning · rising action · inciting incident
final, scene, finals, finally, finality, finale, finalize, finalized, finalizing