Builders Confused Before the Tower of Babel

Prompt

Genesis 11: the people of Shinar build a city and a tower whose top may reach to heaven, and God confounds their language. Two brick-makers stand large in the foreground holding fired mud bricks, turning to each other in bewilderment, unable to understand one another's speech. Behind them the immense stepped tower of baked brick rises into a dramatic golden sky, a shaft of heavenly light breaking over its unfinished top. The mood is awe and confusion as the builders begin to scatter. 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.