In just a few short minutes, Madeline Daisy Waling-Smyth reminds the audience of the importance of stopping to breathe and take everything in. The very specific nature shots are the perfect highlight and reminder of everything that surrounds us, but we’re too busy to admire.
Seren Solitude isn’t just a beautiful composition of the world in its purest form, but a constant reminder of how fast we are moving in our day-to-day lives. Some of the shots are too slow and take the time to feature what’s happening. The perfect examples for this are when the camera focuses on the snail (an animal that moves serenely through life) or on the spider (even though it is pretty fast, the shot shows its legs moving slower than normal).
On the contrary, some of the shots are too fast, and the viewer doesn’t have time to appreciate what’s happening in the world around them. It is, again, a beautiful reminder of how fast we move and how important it truly is to take the time to absorb the world.
In the end, Waling-Smyth closes the short film with the image of an empty bench surrounded by nature. Is that how we will all end? Is that where it all ends? Or is that another reminder to bask in the serene qualities of our world?
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