Stir into the essence pot
Close-up, cross-fade and mid-shot
Sprinkle short ends on the gruel
Tape splice and camera spool
Focus and fade
A-B rolling, f-stop and grade
Swirl the potpourri around
Sync-pulse, pic-sync and sync-sound
Chalk of slate and pinch of pan
Reclaims, reversals, recans
Mag-stripe, mic-tap
Kodachrome, cut-away and clap
Fire, burn, and cauldron, splutter
Double sprocket, frame line cutter
All hail, Murnau
Round about the cauldron go
In the Fujicolour throw
Leader, white or clear or black
Splice it with an atmos track
VNF, Plus X
Double X, Four X, Tri X
Make the gruel thick and slab
Com-mag, com-opt and sep-mag
T-core, B-winding and dub
Cool it with an actor's blood
Fade-out, fade-in
Double-headed, edge numbering
Fire, burn, and cauldron, simmer
Black/white spacing, grip and dimmer
All hail, Mayer
Pare a print in the potion
Season it with slow motion
By the swaying of the booms
Something wicked this way zooms
Coated and cut
Shutter speed, through the base, light-struck
Now about the cauldron sing
Mark it, in camera, running
Show your negs and grieve your art
Come like shadows, so depart
Mystic circle
Round the reel sparks now hurtle
Fire, burn, and cauldron, fester
Acetate and polyester
All hail, Fritz Lang