Mission

STJ, Productions longs to preserve and to promote art in all known forms and to find new ways to showcase artist.  We want to capture rare and unique expressions and remind of the many outlets that exist.  Art is new and old: we honor tradition, and magnify the future.  We appreciate the fine sense of creativity and the hard work that goes into the process.

 Legal Business Description 

STJ, Productions was founded on February 6, 2004. It is a group of local artists who got together and brainstormed about all of the oddities that were happening to them in the year 2004. Our group consists of a writer, photographer, audio-visual and marketing specialist, and an enthusiastic fan.  

STJ is a company that prides itself in having insightful though, with a revolving door of artistic diversity. We long to provide much needed art outlets to help establish and polish the visions in a gifted community. We do this by listening, being alert to our surroundings and taking note of natures ever-changing landscape, which brings us to our oldest project, Brood X.

Current Position

STJ is a accomplished  production business, having recently been bombarded with comments on the need for education assistance regarding the arts; the process to this goal was formed.  STJ provides promotional aids for it’s current clients. These clients consist of writers, photographers, rappers, singer/songwriters, dancers/choreographers, painters, musicians and actors.  It also provides professional resumes and letters of recommendation, along with opportunities to make  revenue.  For the past  3 years STJ Productions has been creating a motion picture, a psychological thriller that incorporates the talents of all of our clients. It is based on true events happening around the smoky mtns town of Elkmont.  Southern Living in its May 2007 issue, has said "Elkmont; a modern ghost town... see it while you can." STJ prides itself in having great insight and striking while the iron is hot.  A complete sound tract, including such bands as Lunapark from the Ukraine and a title tract from Blu Chez, is in production to compliment the film. This project also includes a book option for the photographer and concert tour throughout The States for the bands.  

WHAT WE OFFER

  "Tn has long welcomed artists no matter which creative medium they choose to work on." Phil Bredesen.

Currently, STJ offers inspiration, video equipment, artists, and other means for creation to take place. STJ has produced a musical that is in the hands of the Knoxville Actors Co-op. We have designed business cards, created greeting cards combining photographic and poetic talents.  STJ has helped to write two scripts that are both progressing to final stages. So far these aids have been noticed by the community and have been well received, but not without want and expansion.  STJ, Productions will offer an artistic outlet by providing the workspace and equipment needed to create, and opportunities to provide tools to artist.  In the recent future STJ has filmed two music videos with two prominent artist from Knoxville, Tennessee.  We are currently filming a documentary showing the underground rap scene in Knoxville. DONE. This doco  entered into the New York Independent Film Festival, won best music hiphop and best music in NY and LA.

watch the video starring lunapark featuring Blu Chez

coming soon

Shannon is the mind behind STJ. Ater completing two poetry compilations, THE GATE and   EBB AND FLOW, she wrote Brood X Magidca, a full-length script involving true happenings in the Great Smokey Mountains area. The Movie, “Brood X, Magicada”, has already raised interest in the community and we have already filmed many of the scenery that will make this film very nature oriented.  In 2004, the year of the cicada (Brood X) many strange happenings occurred to us and our friends  For example, faces showing up on road signs after years of storage and children waking up with enormous abdominal masses (big as footballs), and don’t forget this was the year of the red moon and the loudest bug infestation ever. With investigation, the lead finds out that these wild events happen to occur every seventeen years, just as the cicadas come every seventeen years.  She incorporates legends told of the town of Elkmont and winds them into a psychological thriller that takes her heroine through trails of present and past, good and evil.

Shannon also has her hands in the local music realm, managing the rapper Blu Chez and singer, model Keosha. Singersongwriter David Tedder. STJ helps these artist by supplying them with photos, videos, and much needed promotional tools.  With her hands full, Shannon gives to the community to her fullest.  STJ looks forward to helping other artist in these same respects.

Good ol' Rocky Top is a remix of the traditional fight song of The Volunteers in Tennessee.  Blu Chez is a huge fan the The Vols and hopes to aid in their victories by pumpin everyone up for the games.  Hard Hitters is a documentary of sixteen rappers trying to make it in the up-in-coming town of Knoxville.  It has been accepted into the NYIFVF and is playing both in L.A. (sept, 18) and in NY (Nov, 06).

 HARD HITTERS

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