"Summer Solstice" was the second short film of a trilogy of movies entitled "Solariumagelani" that was intended to be edited into Frampton's "Magellan" project and in this case, the editing is not nearly as lackluster as it was in the first one. Whereas "Winter Solstice" was intentionally abstract while being a documentary in its seemingly incomprehensible shots, this film is more a documentary and less and abstraction, containing a more composed style of presenting its images. Considering both were evidently unedited--either dropped out of the project or not intended to be seen as individual works and thus untampered with--it is strange I would think this, but one must admit: if you took out the automatic red flashes, added the ending HF logo and included a title card, this could pass as a finished work. The camerawork for this thirty-three minute film is admittedly jerky at times, but not nearly as chaotic as the shaky shots making up the first movie, and in general the way the footage was shot makes a more interesting and mature style than "Winter Solstice".
Like the latter, this movie too is centered around a single subject. Only, instead of creating eye-catching effects as before, this movie relies on lots of color contrasts and structural abstractions through reverting between shots of grass and scenes of cows--seen in closeup and long shot. The manner in which it alternates between these blurred pans and cow shots suggests that the filmmaker was almost structuralizing it as he went along, whereas in the first movie he just shot a lot of footage to presumably work with later. At times, the abstraction is embellished through pulling the image in and out of focus, and occasionally one sees a stand-out shot such as a dog watching or a pond (in particular the end, where the cows are reflected in the water for a remarkable contrast. While the other short was flashy with its visual interest, the color contrasts and editing style in this one remains more interesting due to being composed more complexly. Watchable even for those who don't like experimental cinema, and almost like a complete film even if remaining unfinished.