Widow Pleads Before Elders Who Take a Bribe

Prompt

Psalm 82: How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Defend the poor and fatherless. In the gateway of an ancient Israelite town, a poor widow in a worn mantle stands large and central with her small fatherless son clinging to her, pleading her cause before three richly robed elders seated on a stone bench as judges; one judge turns his face away while a wealthy man slips him a pouch of silver. Warm late-morning light through the stone gateway, the mood tense and searching. 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.