A Believer Pleads for Unity at Corinth

Prompt

1 Corinthians 1: the quarrelling church at Corinth, 'Is Christ divided?'. In the sunlit courtyard of a Corinthian house church, three groups of believers stand apart and argue heatedly, pointing and turning their backs on each other, while in the centre, large and close, an older Corinthian believer holds up a papyrus scroll in both hands with a pained, pleading face, appealing to them to be one. Greek columns, a fig tree and the rocky height of Acrocorinth beyond under a bright morning sky. The men wear wrapped turbans or head-cloths over their hair. 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.