
A Rich Man Lies Awake Beside His Treasure Chests
A wealthy man sits at night with his hand to his head beside open chests of vessels, while a labourer sleeps on a roof in the moonlight.
Prompt
Ecclesiastes 5: The sleep of a labouring man is sweet... but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. At night in a richly furnished stone chamber, a wealthy middle-aged man in fine embroidered robes sits awake on the edge of his couch, large and central, anxiously gazing at open chests heaped with silver and gold vessels glowing in warm oil-lamp light. Through a wide arched window behind him, under a moonlit blue sky, a farm labourer sleeps peacefully on a straw mat on the flat roof next door. Warm golden lamplight against luminous blue moonlight. 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.
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