Poor Wise Man Counsels the Besieged City

Prompt

Ecclesiastes 9: There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it... now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. A poor, thin, grey-bearded man in a patched, faded tunic stands large and central on the low stone wall of a small hill town, calm and resolute, pointing outward as he gives counsel to a few frightened defenders. Below and beyond the wall a great foreign army camps on the plain with siege ramps, tents and banners. Bright midday light over a dusty golden landscape. 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.