Ebed-melech Pulls Jeremiah Out of the Cistern

Prompt

Jeremiah 38: 'So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon.' Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, large and central at the rim of a deep cistern, hauls on ropes, while Jeremiah, mud-stained to the waist, rises out of the mire below with old rags padded under his armpits beneath the cords. Sunlight streams down into the pit. 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.