Create a photorealistic wide shot of the empty main deck of a large three-masted 18th-century galleon during a daytime storm. Camera: elevated on the quarterdeck, three metres above the main deck, looking down and diagonally forward so the deck runs across the frame from the lower-left corner toward the upper-right, 28mm wide-angle lens, sharp focus throughout. Scale: the deck is ten metres wide between the bulwarks, the bulwark stands chest-high on a man, the iron cannons along the starboard rail are each as long as a man is tall, and three heavy masts rise out of the top of the frame. Subject: dark rain-soaked oak planking with caulked seams, a companionway staircase, coiled hemp ropes and a grated cargo hatch, taut wet rigging. Action: the ship heels to starboard, seawater sluices diagonally across the tilted planks and drains through the scuppers. Setting: grey-green waves visible beyond the bulwark, the horizon sitting high in the upper third of the frame, a low leaden sky, the deck deserted and free of any crew. Lighting: flat diffused stormlight, cold desaturated colour, wet reflections on the wood. Style: true-to-life cinematic photography, heavy detail in wood grain, rope fibre and water.
