
David Plays the Lyre at the Cave of En-gedi
David sits on a rock with a lyre and a sword beside him as two men keep watch at a cave. Behind him are a stormy sea, a starry sky, a green valley with sheep, and white-robed singers before a temple.
Prompt
The book of Psalms as a cinematic film poster. David the fugitive, hiding from King Saul in the wilderness of Judea, sits on a rock at the mouth of a cave in the cliffs of En-gedi playing a lyre, face lifted in worship, a worn travel cloak and a sword resting beside him, a few of his loyal fighting men keeping watch nearby. Below him a spring of still water in a green valley among desert crags, sheep grazing. Behind him the scenes of his songs: a shepherd leading sheep through a dark valley toward light; a great storm over the sea; the starry heavens declaring glory; a joyful procession of singers and instruments entering the temple courts. Glowing dawn light, peaceful and majestic. Style: a blend of photo-realism and cinema, like a still from a big-budget film or a film poster. 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 on the main figures, subtle film grain. Composition like a movie one-sheet in portrait format: the main figures large and close in the upper and middle frame, the book's major events unfolding smaller behind and around them. Historically accurate ancient Near Eastern or first-century clothing, architecture and landscape. Keep the bottom quarter of the frame simple and uncluttered (ground, water or sky) so a large title 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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