Job Cries Out on the Ash Heap

Prompt

Job 3: After seven days of silence Job opens his mouth and curses the day he was born: let that day be darkness, let not the light shine upon it. Job sits large and central on the grey ash heap in torn sackcloth, his body covered in sores, head thrown back and both fists raised as he cries out in anguish toward a sky where heavy dark clouds are swallowing a blazing orange sunset; the last golden rays rim his face. The empty desert stretches away behind him. Style: a blend of photo-realism and cinema, like a still from a big-budget film. Bright, rich, saturated, luminous colour, clear daylight or glowing golden light even in dramatic scenes, never murky or muddy, crisp detail, real human faces full of emotion, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain. Simple, uncluttered composition: ONE clear scene from this chapter, with the chapter's main character or characters large, close and central in the upper and middle frame, and a simple background. No montage, no collage, no inset vignettes, no crowd of small figures competing for attention. Historically accurate ancient Near Eastern clothing, architecture and landscape. Keep the bottom quarter of the frame simple and uncluttered (ground, water or sky) so a large chapter number can be set over it. Absolutely no text, no letters, no words, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no border, no frame.