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who: fortune tellers or psychics are commonly gypsies and even if they aren’t, they still dress the part. fortune tellers love all the bangles and scarfs. rings, medallions, headpieces, their all about that. there are, of course, the more humble fortune tellers, but for the most part fortune tellers like to give a show with candles and crystal balls and sparkly things. and they always have the tools of their trade with them; tarot cards, crystals, tea.

where: fortune tellers often have tents that travel with festivals or carnivals in the true traveling gypsy feel. the tents have a very intimate and magical feel, often small with dim lighting. you can also find fortune tellers set up in small shops or out of someones home (often signified by bright neon signs). or if all else fails, you can just pick up your phone and give a fortune teller a ring.

ideas: just some visuals relating to fortune tellers that i found compelling for inspiration in this process.

Feb 26 2014

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for the subculture that I will be researching and working with for this project, I have “fortune-tellers”.

fortune-telling, the forecasting of future events or the delineation of character by methods not ordinarily considered to have a rational basis. Evidence indicates that forms of fortune-telling were practiced in ancient China, Egypt, Chaldea, and Babylonia as long ago as 4000 bce. Prophetic dreams and oracular utterances played an important part in ancient religion and medicine. Today fortunetelling is more commonly thought of as a scam or hoax, but there are still enough believers out there to keep it alive. fortunetelling comes in many different forms including but not limited to tasseography (reading tea leaves or coffee grounds), omens, dreams, runes, goemancy, I Ching or Book of Changes, scrying, palmistry, astrology, cardomancy (cards).

Feb 19 2014

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How to: The Making of

just some proof of process.

Feb 19 2014

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Process Post

We did our first attempt at creating slingshots last week. Jodi found some branches on the ground. Since they were on the ground she just let them dry overnight, though for our video we will be drying them in front of a fire. For Jodi’s slingshot she got all of the bark off and sanded the branch down. On the one I made we tested how it would look if we left the bark on the branch. Painting them was difficult when the bark was on because the surface wasnt smooth so I couldnt get very clean lines. We tried using rubberbands of different widths and lengths and found that a medium width worked the best. We also learned from my dad that you need to find a branch with straight arms so that you can aim. Overall our first attempt was pretty successful. We still need to gather some supplies like the leather, which our first slingshots the leather was too soft and the knots on the rubberbands stretched out the holes and could of slipped through which isnt very effective in a fight. We will also need to get some sd cards for my camera before we can begin test shooting today. pictures to follow…

Here is our storyboard for our video: