scene change
New backdrop appears
A scene change is the transition from one setting to another in a play, film, or other dramatic work.
In theater, it often involves moving sets, adjusting lighting, or lowering a curtain while stagehands rearrange the stage: The audience waited through a lengthy scene change.
The term extends to any shift in location or time within a narrative.
- transitionChange from one state
- cutSeverance or reduction
- smash cutInstant scene transition
- fadeLose intensity gradually
- fade to blackGradual dimming ending scene
dissolve · lights down · curtain · segue · shift · time jump · staging · backdrop · lighting · dramatic · theatrical · act · montage · editing · crossfade · wipe · jump · sequence
- changesshift, alter, transformation, modify, transform
- stage performanceacting, choreography, costume, curtain call, encore
- scenesdream sequence, climax, confrontation, first kiss, first meeting
- stagecraftstage left, stage right, center stage, downstage, upstage
- transitionstransition, blending, segue, fade, changeover
- swaps & switchesshift swap, battery swap, baton pass, tag team
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