Paul Dictates His Letter to the Romans

Prompt

The book of Romans as an epic film poster. The apostle Paul, bearded and intense, sits writing by lamplight in a house in Corinth, dictating his letter to the believers in Rome to the scribe Tertius. Behind him rises a vast vision of imperial Rome: the Forum, temples and marching legions; and over it all, the cross bathed in light with people of every nation, Jew and Gentile, coming together toward it. Warm lamplight and marble gold. Style: a blend of photo-realism and cinema, like a still from a big-budget film or a film poster. 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 on the main figures, subtle film grain. Composition like a movie one-sheet in portrait format: the main figures large and close in the upper and middle frame, the book's major events unfolding smaller behind and around them. Historically accurate ancient Near Eastern or first-century clothing, architecture and landscape. Keep the bottom quarter of the frame simple and uncluttered (ground, water or sky) so a large title can be set over it. Absolutely no text, no letters, no words, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no border, no frame.