A Prisoner in Chains Receives Bread and Water

Prompt

Hebrews 13: 'Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them.' In a stone Roman prison cell lit by a shaft of sunlight from a high window, a chained Christian prisoner sits on straw while two fellow believers - a man and a woman - kneel beside him, giving him bread and a water jar and clasping his hands. Warm, compassionate light, faces full of love and courage. 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.