Peter Warms His Hands as a Servant Girl Accuses Him

Prompt

Mark 14: Peter denies Jesus by the fire in the high priest's courtyard. At night in the stone courtyard of the high priest's palace, Peter sits warming his hands at a glowing charcoal fire, large and central, his face stricken with fear and shame as a young servant maid of the high priest points at him and says "Thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth." A guard in a head-cloth looks round at him across the flames. On a wall in the background a rooster crows against the first pale glow of dawn. Firelight paints everything in warm orange and gold. 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.