
Job Tears His Mantle at the News of His Loss
Job stands before his tents gripping and tearing the neck of his robe with his face lifted, while a messenger kneels in the dust at his feet. Smoke rises in the distance.
Prompt
Job 1: A breathless messenger brings Job the news that all his flocks are lost and his sons and daughters killed by a great wind, and Job rises, tears his mantle and falls to the ground to worship: the LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Job, a wealthy man of the land of Uz in a rich wool mantle, stands large and central in front of his tents, gripping and tearing the neck of his mantle with both hands, his face stricken with grief yet lifted toward heaven; a dust-covered servant kneels exhausted at his feet. Far behind, a column of smoke rises over the golden desert hills under a bright afternoon sky. 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.
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