Ezekiel Stands Silent at His Wife's Death

Prompt

Ezekiel 24: the morning after his wife dies, Ezekiel does not mourn aloud, as the LORD commanded, as a sign to the exiles. Ezekiel, a priest in a plain linen robe with his turban bound on his head and his sandals on his feet, sits large and central at the doorway of his house, utterly still, his face full of silent, contained grief, eyes wet but not weeping aloud; just inside, on a low bier, lies the peacefully shrouded form of his wife under a linen cloth with a small oil lamp burning beside it. A few exiles stand close in the street, staring at him and asking what this means. Soft pale morning light. 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.