"Stop trying to fade me out, I'm giving a monologue here."
Dissolve from a scene to
black (or, on occasion,
white). The opposite of
Fade In. Often, the last instruction in a script or screenplay.
Actually originated on stage, where the stage lights would fade out to mark transitions.
Also a musical technique whereby a song fades to silence. Most of the time this is done to save the songwriter the hassle of having to write an ending — the chorus will repeat, sometimes with a
Truck Driver's Gear Change, and the song will fade out.
