Highly synchronised - A Tale of Two Elephants
I made a short film about the fall of the Ceylon Match Company and the Two Elephants brand of matches. The video should hopefully be embedded below. For anyone who is unable to suffer through my voice and questionable editing, I have also included the script. Highly Synchronised – A Tale of Two Elephants image generated by Craiyon [OPENING SEQUENCE] [A landscaped video montage of me sliding open a box of Two Elephants matches, striking a match, and using it to light a candle] ~ [INTRODUCTION] These are the books of matches that my grandfather, Owen Heald, accumulated from hotels, bars and restaurants, both at home and abroad, mostly while on business trips on behalf of the Shell Oil Company. In each of these short films, I will select a matchbook at random and then scour the Internet for information regarding its place of origin. [This is accompanied by a montage of three or four landscaped images of the big plastic tub containing my grandfather's matchbook collection, with each im...