This short film of London on lockdown will give you chills

Empty. Eerily quiet. Every landmark in London, Ont. missing the people whobring the city to life.

That's how New York City filmmaker J.J. Seredaybegins a beautifully crafted visual story about the city on lock down during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In his five-minute montage, Seredayshowsdozens of well-known shops, street corners, neighbourhoods and even back alleys abandoned like a ghost town.

Underlaid isaudio of world leaders announcing the coming pandemic, including declarations of states of emergencies, until the video ends with a message of hope.

Sereday's girlfriend is a London neonatal intensive carenurse. While he was driving her back and forth to a London hospital for her shifts, he saw how the city colourfully supported its front-line workers.

"At first, I would see how empty and eerieLondon was and I would capture that," Sereday said in a telephone call from his home in Brooklyn.

"But the more Idrove back and forth, the more Isaw the messages of support. Iwanted to capture that and weave it into the story."

"We have the ability to rise above the challenges that we're dealing with. We really wanted this filmto be something that makes you lift your head up and carry on."