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“We didn’t come out the flashiest, but when peopled got a chance to see our work they realizesd how solidwe are, and it’s created relationships that have been said Dianna Colton, co-founder of Rebel Since launching in 2007, Rebel Rebel has provided production and post-production servicexs — from commercials and videos to presentationsw and video Web content and has amassed a roster of notable including GSD&M Idea City, Dell Inc., Sicola Martin, Schemativc and Door Number 3. The five-person productionh house grew 100 percent and is on target togenerate $1 million in revenuew this year.
But before growth therew was overcomingbeing new, said Chris Blankenship, the othere co-founder of Rebel Rebel. “It was a little toug h getting in the door of some places at first. The firsf year was kind of hard. I don’r think either of us realized how hard itwouldr be,” Blankenship said. Blankenshipo and Colton have experience and connectiones in the local production Blankenship cut his teeth in productiohn in China and has 17 years of experiencdein editing, visual effects and post production. Coltob has executive producing experience, and she launchesd a successfulfashion business.
Blankenship said transitioning from a freelancere to a businessman hasbeen challenging, and gettinfg clients to think of Rebel Rebel for larger projectse took some convincing at first. “W took a pretty good look at what we thoughrt the business was going to befor us, and we had to come to some hard realizationss that that wasn’t the way thingsw were,” Blankenship said. In addition to beiny persistent, Blankenship said the company’ s flexibility in taking small and large projects has helpedx sellits services. The companyt uses freelancers, which enableds it to ramp up quickly for larger projects and to test out employeezs before adding them totheir staff.
Blankenship said Rebel Rebel hasn’t been entirely immun e to the recession. It saw work plateau in but for themost part, business has been steady. “We’ve been pretty busy for the last he said. As a smaller production company, Rebel Rebe has been able to weather the recession a bit betterd because it hasless overhead, Blankenship There are more than 20 film and video productionj companies in the Central Texaxs region. Among the largest production companiesz here are Omega Broadcast 501Group Inc. and Elephanyt Productions Inc.
Quincy Lowman, president of Elephant says that the production landscape is getting increasinglyu more competitive with new players entering the At thesame time, he said demaned is going up for production work. “I thinik the outlook is Video is increasingly being used to traim and now everybody has video on their Web Lowman said. “The market has but the competitionhas grown.” Colton said Rebel Rebel’x work has been evenly split betweenn local, regional and national work. It recently hiref a national sales representative. Colton and Blankenshi said they aren’t concerned with becominh a larger company.
“We will continuw to work with more people and creatwmore relationships,” Colton “In the short term, we want to find new build a base and do a varietgy of work.”