Create a photorealistic cinematic wide shot of a colossal first-rate ship of the line, a hundred-gun three-decker warship of the 1700s, seen from the water at close range during a grey storm at sea. Camera: placed at wave level, barely above the surface, angled slightly upward toward the ship's port side and bow quarter so the towering hull fills most of the frame, 35mm lens, sharp focus on the hull with the far stern softening into rain haze. Scale: three stacked rows of open gun ports run the full length of the hull and shrink into the distance, tiny human figures work high in the rigging and along the rails, the ornately carved stern castle rises like a five-storey building, and three enormous masts extend beyond the top of the frame. Subject: weathered black and ochre painted planking, tarred rigging, taut storm canvas on the yards, a gilded carved stern gallery, white foam breaking along the waterline as the bow shoulders through a swell. Setting: heaving grey-green ocean, a low leaden sky, curtains of rain in the distance. Lighting: flat diffused stormlight, cold desaturated colour, wet sheen on the hull. Style: true-to-life cinematic photography, epic sense of scale, heavy detail in wood, rope and water.
