Deliverables, lengths & platform versions · Specialist
Alternate ending
Also called: alt ending
ELI5
A separately shot or edited conclusion used for another market, message, product or version.
Used in conversation
“Can we align with the client on the alternate ending before the bid is locked?”
Pitch context
You may encounter “Alternate ending” in advertising & director treatments conversations or materials.
Why it matters: Helps interpret the brief, director treatment, bid, award, production process and campaign deliverables.
Sources & evidence · 4
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- Association of Independent Commercial Producers — AICP Guidelines and Best PracticesSupporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- IPA / APA / ISBA — Production Pitch Process Initiative and Best PracticeSupporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- AICP — AICP Bid FormSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-14
- pitch.dog — Pitch Dictionary Deep Research SynthesisSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-14