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[ Monday, April 23, 2007 ]
Trevor Kress is hoping to make it big -- at Penn State, that is.
Kress (senior-film and video) recently submitted, Thank God, I'm an Atheist, to the film festival Friday, hoping that it would be one of the films selected to be in the Penn State Student Film Festival Saturday.
The film is about a young man, Miller Dunner, who leaves life in the city for the country. Along the way he meets quirky characters and falls in love with a beautiful country girl.
Kress, who has been making movies since he was a high school freshman, likes to direct movies with a certain amount of emotion. He recently completed a documentary of Hurricane Katrina, where he went down to New Orleans to capture the moving images and rebuilding process.
He has been crafting his latest work since August 2006 as a collaborative effort with friends.
"I want people to know that wherever you are in life, however hard it may be, you just have to keep passing on and look towards the brighter things," he said.
Aubrey Taylor (senior-accounting) met Kress the first day of freshman year. Kress has used Taylor's apartment to film scenes for his movies, which she watches at the end of every year. Taylor said she finds his work impressive.
Although she only has seen a short clip of Thank God, I'm an Atheist, she has no doubt she will like the film.
"He's put his heart and soul into this movie. I felt like I didn't have a best friend for a month," she said. "He's not willing to settle for anything."
Erin Bankey (junior-public relations), who has known Kress for two years and performed in one of his movies, described Kress's films as funny and interesting.
"Each one has their own personality, and he does a good job of making them all unique," she said. Bankey and Taylor said they think Kress will go far.
"I see Trevor being successful in L.A. and signing away to make his dream a reality," Bankey said.
