By Mary Beth West, APR

Having lunch last week with DoubleJay Creative’s Larsen Jay, I was reminded of what a world-class visual media firm Knoxville has in its own backyard . . . and yet another example where collaboration with an outside company can bring best-of-breed strengths to a client project.

DoubleJay Creative is one of a handful of specialty firms with which Mary Beth West Consulting has built collaborative relationships to strengthen the suite of services our larger team can bring to any client campaign or project. 

DoubleJay Creative is an award-winning, Emmy-nominated television and video production company with a passion for storytelling.  Through their work, they help companies connect with audiences intellectually and emotionally in ways that words alone cannot always achieve.

Larsen’s enthusiasm and passion for his company’s work has a contagious quality, particularly as he talked about one of DoubleJay Creative’s larger projects in the making, a feature film starring legendary actor Hal Holbrook in “That Evening Sun”. 

After successful runs in New York City, Los Angeles and Palm Springs, “That Evening Sun” launches a multi-city release on January 22, opening in Knoxville at the Regal Cinema’s Downtown West 8.

“That Evening Sun” was filmed entirely in East Tennessee, specifically in the Knoxville, Rockwood and Lenoir City areas. It is based on the short story “I Hate to See that Evening Sun Go Down” by acclaimed Tennessee author William Gay.  “That Evening Sun” has won top prizes at 11 film festivals. 

So hats off to Larsen and our friends at DoubleJay Creative – a firm that we predict everyone will continue hearing about in 2010 and beyond.