"Anyone in storytelling will tell you that a good ending is hard-won. That beginning a film, building up a world and getting to know its characters, is one thing, but that figuring out how to leave them is another. When the lights come up, and eyes adjust, how do you want your audience to leave the theatre? Elated? Resolute? Horrified? In tears? Changed?
You'll need a good ending and, if you're a real pro, a good final shot. It's the last thing the audience will see before the credits roll and, done well, the image that will follow them home. You know what they say about last impressions.
Some closing shots provide unexpected answers to big questions. Others let questions dangle endlessly; leaving it to the audience to decide for themselves how the film closed out. Some provide resolve. Others double down on tragedy."
