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Lehi's Vision of the Tree of Life

Lehi's vision of the Tree of Life (1 Nephi 8; imagery also 1 Nephi 11)
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Look & feel: Photoreal cinematic and reverent, with a dreamlike luminous quality fitting a symbolic vision (not cartoon). Moves from cold dark blue wilderness and grey mist into warm radiant white-gold at the tree. People in simple ancient robes; the mockers in fine ornate ancient finery. The great-and-spacious building glows with cold artificial light, floating in the air across the river. Slow, drifting, reverent camera. 16:9.

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Creative spec

Setting
a symbolic dream landscape — dark wilderness, a radiant field, a river, a great white tree
Era
Lehi's vision, ~600 BC; timeless dreamscape
Style
photoreal cinematic, dreamlike
Mood
from dark and lost to radiant joy; awe; contrast with cold mockery
Palette
cold dark blues and grey mist resolving to warm radiant white-gold at the tree; the great-and-spacious-building in cold artificial light
Camera
slow, drifting, reverent
Aspect
16:9
Target outputs
3
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Shot list

1. A dark and dreary wilderness

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Lehi recounts his dream; he finds himself in a dark and dreary wilderness and waste (1 Nephi 8:4–7).

2. The man in the white robe

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A man in a white robe comes and bids Lehi follow him (1 Nephi 8:5–7).

3. Hours in darkness, a prayer for mercy

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Lehi follows into a dark and dreary waste, travels for many hours in darkness, and prays to the Lord for mercy (1 Nephi 8:7–8).

4. The large spacious field and the tree

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He comes to a large and spacious field and beholds a great tree whose fruit is desirable to make one happy (1 Nephi 8:9–11).

5. Fruit white above all whiteness

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Close on the tree and its fruit — white above all whiteness, sweet above all (1 Nephi 8:10–11; 11:8).

6. He eats, and his soul fills with joy

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Lehi eats the fruit; it fills his soul with exceeding great joy, and he desires his family to partake (1 Nephi 8:12).

7. The river, the iron rod, and the narrow path

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He sees a river of water running near the tree, and a rod of iron along the bank leading along a strait and narrow path to the tree (1 Nephi 8:19–20).

8. The mist of darkness rises

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Numberless crowds press toward the path; a mist of darkness arises and many wander and are lost (1 Nephi 8:21–23).

9. Holding fast to the iron rod

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Those who hold fast to the iron rod press through the mist and reach the tree (1 Nephi 8:24).

10. The great and spacious building

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Across the river a great and spacious building stands in the air, filled with finely dressed people mocking and pointing at those who partake (1 Nephi 8:26–27).

11. Ashamed, or holding fast

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Some who reach the tree are ashamed because of the mockers and fall away into forbidden paths; others heed them not and hold fast (1 Nephi 8:28, 33).

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