Michal Lets David Down From the Window

Prompt

Psalm 59 (Michtam of David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him): "Deliver me from my enemies, O my God... They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city... But I will sing aloud of your mercy in the morning." At night, young David climbs down a rope from the window of his house in Gibeah, while his wife Michal leans out of the window above, holding the rope with both hands and looking anxiously down the street. David and Michal are large and central against the moonlit stone wall of the house. At the far end of the narrow street, a few of Saul's soldiers with torches prowl, small and distant. Silver moonlight and warm torchlight. 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.