David Dances Before the Ark

Prompt

2 Samuel 6: King David, girded with a simple white linen ephod, dances before the LORD with all his might as the ark of the LORD is carried up into the city of David with shouting and trumpets, while Michal watches scornfully from a window. David is large and central in the foreground, leaping joyfully with arms raised and face shining with worship. Just behind him Levites in white linen carry the Ark of the Covenant on their shoulders by its two long gold-covered poles: a gold-covered chest with a gold rim and two golden cherubim with outspread wings facing each other on the mercy seat. High in a palace window on the stone wall to one side, Michal looks down with a cold, disdainful face. A ram's-horn trumpet raised behind; brilliant festive sunlight on Jerusalem's stone walls; jubilant mood. 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.