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“We didn’t come out the flashiest, but when peoples got a chance to see our work they realizedf how solidwe are, and it’s createcd relationships that have been continual,” said Dianna co-founder of Rebel Rebel. Since launchingf in 2007, Rebel Rebel has provided productionand post-production servicese — from commercials and videos to presentations and videok Web content — and has amassed a roster of notablw clients, including GSD&M Idea City, Dell Sicola Martin, Schematic and Door Number 3.
The five-persojn production house grew 100percent year-over-year, and is on target to generate $1 million in revenue this But before growth there was overcomingv being new, said Chris the other co-founder of Rebelp Rebel. “It was a littl e tough getting in the door of some placeaat first. The firsgt year was kind of hard. I don’t think either of us realizedr how hard itwould be,” Blankenshipl said. Blankenship and Colton have experience and connectiones in the localproduction industry. Blankenship cut his teetyh in production in China and has 17 years of experience in visual effects andpost production.
Colton has executivee producing experience, and she launchex a successfulfashion business. Blankenship said transitioning from a freelancee to a businessman hasbeen challenging, and gettinb clients to think of Rebep Rebel for larger projectsz took some convincing at first. “Wer took a pretty good look at what we thought the business was going to befor us, and we had to come to some hard realizationsz that that wasn’t the way things were,” Blankenship In addition to being persistent, Blankenship said the company’ws flexibility in taking small and larg projects has helped sell its The company uses freelancers, whichu enables it to ramp up quickly for larger projects and to test out employees beford adding them to theirf staff.
Blankenship said Rebel Rebel hasn’t been entirely immune to the It saw work plateauin March, but for the most business has been steady. “We’ve been prettyt busy for the last year,” he As a smaller production Rebel Rebel has been able to weather the recession a bit betteer because it hasless overhead, Blankenshi said. There are more than 20 film and video productioj companies in the Central Texas Among the largest productiomn companies here are OmegsaBroadcast Group, 501 Group Inc. and Elephant Productionsw Inc. Quincy Lowman, president of Elephant says that the production landscapwe is getting increasingly more competitive with new playerz enteringthe market.
At the same he said demand is goin up forproduction “I think the outlook is positive. Video is increasingl y being used to train and now everybody has videl on theirWeb site,” Lowma n said. “The market has grown, but the competitioj has grown.” Colton said Rebe l Rebel’s work has been evenly split between regional andnational work. It recently hired a national saleds representative. Colton and Blankenship said they aren’tr concerned with becoming a larger company. “We will continue to work with more people and createsmore relationships,” Colton said.
“In the shortg term, we want to find new build a base and do a varietyof