The Weird, Wild and Wonderful World of Tony Potts - The Monochrome Set

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