Story

A resolved ending

Picture and music end together, and the last frame settles for 2 to 4 seconds.

Two lanes. A picture bar and a row of music bars that shrink to nothing end on the same vertical line, with the last stretch outlined and labelled settled 2 to 4 seconds.picture music settled 2 to 4 spicture and music end together

Takeaways

  • End the music on an ending, not on a fade.
  • Let a ringout decay without truncating it.
  • Settled picture time: test 2 to 4 seconds.
  • A familiar logo-only sting may need less.
  • Picture and music finish on the same beat.

What it means

A film that stops because the track ran out feels cut off. A resolved ending is composed: the music reaches an ending or rings out, the final product or action frame has time to be read, and the two finish together. An unresolved ending is allowed when the story wants a cliffhanger, but it should be a choice.

In a RasanAI film

The music is edited to end on a musical resolution, with a controlled ringout when the last note needs more time, not a fade on an arbitrary cut. The final lockup is designed as a shot and given 2 to 4 seconds of settled time as a range to test, longer when a URL or second call to action adds reading.

Origins and sources

Practitioners agree on resolving the music; the length of the settled hold is a RasanAI pilot range, not a published standard.

Evidence: Single practitioners, and a pilot range.

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