Job Gazes at Orion and the Pleiades

Prompt

Job 9: Job speaks of God who alone spreads out the heavens and treads upon the waves of the sea, who made Arcturus, Orion and the Pleiades: how can a man be just with God? Job stands large and central on a rocky desert ridge at night in his torn sackcloth, his bald head tilted back and his hands half-raised in awe and helplessness, gazing up at a vast, brilliant star-filled sky where the constellation Orion and the cluster of the Pleiades shine clearly above a luminous band of the Milky Way; a faint glow of moonlight silvers the rocks. 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.