Legacies - Maggie Maher

Film
11:35

A film depicting my personal family’s journey to and during attending CU Boulder. This is told through the use of my younger brother’s, my mom’s and my own film. Present day video was also taken throughout the film.

Legacies

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Both my mother, brother and I all are from Chicago and went to CU Boulder. There was no pressure or intention to attend, yet we all unconsciously did. This posed the question of why we ended up here. By looking through my mom’s old college film, connecting it to my own and my freshman brother’s film, I looked to explore and answer that question. The finished product was a mix of film photo and video with interviews from my family. Through this, I grew an understanding of how similar our experiences have been and how similar we are to one another. Is it our family decides much of our life, or do we have some individuality? Through the age old practice of looking through photo albums and reminiscing, it also bought me closure and new family stories to tell.

Handwriting on paper

Garrett's written name and descriptionÌýof his year in college and age. This handwritingÌýwas then scanned,Ìýinverted and then used as a title card for a more intimate feel.Ìý

Handwriting on paper

My mother's handwritingÌýand year she graduated which also has ablack and white filter on it. This filter helped in the editing process to make the title cardsÌýformal, yet also casual.Ìý

Two people and a dog on a hiking trail

A still of my mother and I going on a hike while we were chatting and Garrett documented. Much of the process was having my mother come to BoulderÌýto chat while I interviewed her and took videos.Ìý

Two people in a car

A still of my brotherÌýand I in the car while I dropped him back off at his dorm after intveing him and taking videos of him. Much of this was trying to organize with him when to interview and take videos in a relaxed setting.

Two people laying on a bed

This is a still from my interview with my brother Garrett. This shows the comfortableÌýsetting that was prepared so an honest and open conversationÌýcould occur while I learned to listenÌýmore.Ìý

The word legacies written on paper

Another still of my own handwriting for the opening titleÌýcard for the video. Coming to the conclusion of using handwritingÌýtook multiple tries to get the right style and various fonts that were vetted.Ìý

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