Quiet on the set
Laughter transitions to tears
Silence breaks through the chatter
Cinema junkies brace for banality
Places, everyone
Deep breath from the director
Egos run rampant behind the camera
The actors duck down like animal prey
Roll sound
A ladder falls, three lights explode
A whispering wind soothes and calms
Against the backdrop of a fiery Hell
Roll camera
The actors blink and blot their lips
Dust in the frame, viewfinder villainy
Mise-en-scene equals cotton candy bullshit
Action
Cue the dolly’s descent
Dialogue like soap opera rewrites
Death never more serenely transcendent
And cut
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