
Moses Breaks the Tablets Before the Golden Calf
Moses with arms flung out lets two stone tablets fall and shatter on the rocks. A golden calf stands on a pedestal in the camp below the fiery mountain.
Prompt
Deuteronomy 9: Coming down from the burning mount, Moses sees the molten calf and casts the two tables of stone out of his hands and breaks them before the people's eyes. Moses stands large and central on the rocky slope, arms raised high above his head holding the two blank stone tablets about to be hurled down, his face full of grief and righteous anger. Below him the golden calf glints on its pedestal in the camp, and the mountain behind him glows with fire. 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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