{"id":9031,"date":"2019-07-18T11:17:03","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T15:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/?p=9031"},"modified":"2019-07-18T11:17:03","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T15:17:03","slug":"ghc-alumnus-award-winning-filmmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/2019\/07\/18\/ghc-alumnus-award-winning-filmmaker\/","title":{"rendered":"GHC Alumnus is Award-Winning Filmmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taking Charge of the Silver Screen<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cAll that glitters ain\u2019t gold,\u201d flashes across the screen, stark red against a dark background.<\/p>\n

The trailer for \u201cArk Ridge,\u201d the latest film from award-winning filmmaker and Georgia Highlands College alumnus Trey Squire, takes an ancient expression adapted by the likes of Shakespeare and Tolkien and turns it on its head once again.<\/p>\n

\u201cArk Ridge,\u201d billed as a short film in the horror genre, is a project of Squire\u2019s independent film company, Imprint Studios. He co-owns the company with a former Georgia State University classmate, where he attended after graduating from GHC with an Associate of Arts in Communications in 2013. Squire went on to graduate from GSU with a bachelor\u2019s in film in 2015.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Squire\u2019s mother first presented GHC as an option following high school.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was close to home, affordable and I liked the culture of the campus,\u201d he says. While at GHC, mentors helped Squire find his inner drive to succeed. And succeed he has.<\/p>\n

Squire\u2019s previous short film, \u201cMidnight Blue,\u201d won numerous awards, including Best Film Noir Short, Gold Award in the April 2018 Independent Shorts Awards, Special Mention in the 2018 Global Shorts competition and recognition as a Semi-Finalist in the 2018 Los Angeles CineFest.<\/p>\n

The ode to film noir was also shown locally at last year\u2019s Rome International Film Festival. Amazingly, Squire wrote the script for the award-winning drama in three days. The film itself was filmed in just three days, as well.<\/p>\n

After benefiting so greatly from mentors at GHC, Squire credits his time in GHC\u2019s Brother 2 Brother chapter with inspiring him to become a better leader and mentor himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s not always about me. There are filmmakers, photographers, and others who are motivated to be great but may not know how to advance to the next step of their journey,\u201d Squire says.\u00a0\u201cThere are people who are looking for guidance or a hero. I’m not sure about being a hero, but I believe I can make an impact and\u00a0help\u00a0those who are in need.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Squire also hopes to bring awareness to mental health issues through his work.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve battled this in my lifetime and I wish to use my\u00a0voice to help others. It is important that everyone know that they matter\u00a0and\u00a0it\u2019s okay to seek help when in need.\u201d<\/p>\n

Outside of filmmaking, Squire has also been recognized for his photography and writing, including his original stage play, \u201cMarvin\u2019s Room.\u201d In 2017, the play was named a finalist in the New York Screenplay Contest.<\/p>\n

Squire and his co-owner at Imprint Studios are currently putting the final touches on \u201cArk Ridge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn more about Squire and his work at treyvisions.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Taking Charge of the Silver Screen \u201cAll that glitters ain\u2019t gold,\u201d flashes across the screen, stark red against a dark background. The trailer for \u201cArk Ridge,\u201d the latest film from award-winning filmmaker and Georgia Highlands College alumnus Trey Squire, takes an ancient expression adapted by the likes of Shakespeare and Tolkien and turns it on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9033,"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9031\/revisions\/9033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.highlands.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}