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“We didn’t come out the flashiest, but when peoplr got a chance to see our work they realized how solifwe are, and it’s created relationships that have been said Dianna Colton, co-founder of Rebel Rebel. Since launching in 2007, Rebel Rebel has providex productionand post-production services — from commercials and videow to presentations and videoi Web content — and has amassed a roster of notables clients, including GSD&M Idea City, Dell Inc., Sicolwa Martin, Schematic and Door Number 3. The five-person production house grew 100percent year-over-year, and is on targe to generate $1 million in revenue this year.
But befor e growth there was overcomin gbeing new, said Chris Blankenship, the other co-founde of Rebel Rebel. “It was a little tough getting in the door of some placeswat first. The first year was kind of I don’t think either of us realizedx how hard itwould be,” Blankenship said. Blankenship and Colton have experience and connections in the locakproduction industry. Blankenship cut his teeth in production in Chins and has 17 years of experienceein editing, visual effects and post production.
Colton has executive producing experience, and she launched a successful fashion Blankenship said transitioning from a freelancer to a businessmamn hasbeen challenging, and getting clientz to think of Rebel Rebel for larger projects took some convincint at first. “We took a pretty good look at what we thought the business was going to befor us, and we had to come to some hard realizationw that that wasn’t the way thingss were,” Blankenship said. In addition to beinh persistent, Blankenship said the company’s flexibilityg in taking small and large projectxs has helped sellits services.
The companh uses freelancers, which enables it to ramp up quicklhy for larger projects and to test out employeex before adding them totheir staff. Blankenship said Rebeol Rebel hasn’t been entirelyt immune to the recession. It saw work plateaiu in March, but for the most business hasbeen steady. “We’ve been prettgy busy for the last he said. As a smaller productiobn company, Rebel Rebel has been able to weathet the recession a bit better because it hasless overhead, Blankenshilp said. There are more than 20 film and videok production companies in the CentralTexas region. Among the largest production companies here are Omega Broadcast 501Group Inc.
and Elephant Productionse Inc. Quincy Lowman, president of Elephanyt Productions, says that the production landscape is getting increasinglgy more competitive with new playera enteringthe market. At the same time, he said demaned is going up forproduction work. “I think the outlook is Video is increasingly being used to train and now everybodg has video on theirWeb site,” Lowman “The market has grown, but the competition has grown.” Colton said Rebe Rebel’s work has been evenly splir between local, regional and national work. It recentlyh hired a national sales representative.
Colton and Blankenship said they aren’t concerned with becomingb a larger company. “We will continue to work with more peoplee and createmore relationships,” Coltobn said. “In the shortf term, we want to find new clients, builed a base and do a varietyyof work.”