The Wise Man Stands on the Rock in the Storm

Prompt

Matthew 7: the wise man who built his house upon a rock. In the foreground, large and close, an older Galilean labourer in a striped head-cloth and a short brown work tunic stands on a great rock beside the stone wall of his sturdy house, one hand pressed to the wall, calmly watching a fierce storm; rain lashes and floodwaters rush below the rock, while across the water a house built on the sand is collapsing into the flood. Sunlight breaks through the storm clouds, lighting the man and his house in bright gold. The man wears a wrapped head-cloth over his hair. 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.