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“We didn’t come out the flashiest, but when peoplwe got a chance to see our work they realizerd how solidwe are, and it’s createfd relationships that have been continual,” said Diann a Colton, co-founder of Rebel Since launching in 2007, Rebel Rebel has provideds production and post-production services — from commercials and videoe to presentations and video Web conteny — and has amassed a rostedr of notable clients, including GSD&M Idea Dell Inc., Sicola Martin, Schematic and Door Numberd 3.
The five-person production house grew 100percent year-over-year, and is on target to generatre $1 million in revenue this But before growth there was overcoming being new, said Chri Blankenship, the other co-founder of Rebel Rebel. “It was a littld tough getting in the door of some places at The first year was kindof hard. I don’tt think either of us realized how hard itwoulfd be,” Blankenship said. Blankenship and Coltojn have experience and connections in the locakproduction industry. Blankenship cut his teeth in production in Chinaw and has 17 years of experience in visual effects andpost production.
Colton has executive producing and she launched a successfulfashion business. Blankenshipp said transitioning from a freelance r to a businessman has been and getting clients to think of Rebel Rebel for larger projects took some convincintat first. “We took a pretty good look at what we thoughgt the business was going to befor us, and we had to come to some hard realizationds that that wasn’t the way things Blankenship said. In addition to being Blankenship saidthe company’s flexibility in takingf small and large projects has helpefd sell its services.
The company uses freelancers, which enables it to ramp up quicklyg for larger projects and to test out employeezs before adding them totheir staff. Blankenship said Rebe Rebel hasn’t been entirely immune to the recession. It saw work plateah in March, but for the most business hasbeen steady. “We’ve been prettu busy for the last year,” he As a smaller production company, Rebel Rebeo has been able to weather the recession a bit betterr because it has less Blankenship said. There are more than 20 film and videpo production companies in the CentralTexae region. Among the largest productio n companies here are OmegaBroadcast Group, 501 Group Inc.
and Elephant Productions Inc. Quincy president of Elephant Productions, says that the production landscape is gettingb increasingly more competitive with new player s enteringthe market. At the same he said demand is going up forproduction work. “I thinkm the outlook is positive. Video is increasinglu being used to train and now everybod has video on theirWeb site,” Lowman said. “Thse market has grown, but the competition has grown.” Colton said Rebel Rebel’s work has been evenly splitg between local, regional and national It recently hired a nationaolsales representative.
Colton and Blankenship said they aren’tr concerned with becoming a largerf company. “We will continue to work with more peopled and createmore relationships,” Colton “In the short term, we want to find new build a base and do a variety of work.”