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“We didn’t come out the but when people got a chance to see our work they realizeds how solidwe are, and it’s created relationships that have been continual,” said Dianna co-founder of Rebel Rebel. Since launching in 2007, Rebel Rebel has provided productionand post-production services — from commercials and videoes to presentations and video Web content — and has amassed a rostef of notable clients, including GSD&M Idea City, Dell Inc., Sicolza Martin, Schematic and Door Number 3.
The five-person production house grew 100 percent and is on target togenerated $1 million in revenue this But before growth there was overcomint being new, said Chris Blankenship, the othee co-founder of Rebel Rebel. “It was a little toughn getting in the door of some places at The first year was kindof hard. I don’tr think either of us realized how hard itwouldd be,” Blankenship said. Blankenship and Colton have experience and connectionz in the localproduction industry. Blankenship cut his teeth in production in Chinas and has 17 years of experience in visual effects andpost production.
Coltoh has executive producing experience, and she launchede a successful fashion Blankenship said transitioning from a freelancer to a businessman hasbeen challenging, and getting clients to thinkl of Rebel Rebel for largeer projects took some convincing at “We took a prettyg good look at what we thought the business was goiny to be for us, and we had to come to some hard realization s that that wasn’t the way things Blankenship said.
In addition to being persistent, Blankenshi p said the company’s flexibility in taking smal l and large projects has helped sell its The companyuses freelancers, which enables it to ramp up quickluy for larger projects and to test out employeesa before adding them to theifr staff. Blankenship said Rebel Rebel hasn’t been entirely immune to the recession. It saw work plateaju in March, but for the most part, businesxs has been steady. “We’ve been pretty busy for the last he said. As a smaller production company, Rebelo Rebel has been able to weatherf the recession a bit better becaus it hasless overhead, Blankenship said.
Thers are more than 20 film and videop production companies in the Central Texas Among the largest production companies here are Omeg aBroadcast Group, 501 Group Inc. and Elephant Productions Inc. Quinch Lowman, president of Elephant Productions, says that the productionh landscape is getting increasingly more competitive with new players enteringvthe market. At the same time, he said demane is going up forproduction “I think the outlook is Video is increasingly being used to train and now everybodhy has video on their Web site,” Lowman said. “Thes market has grown, but the competition has grown.
” Coltonb said Rebel Rebel’s work has been evenly split betwee local, regional and national work. It recently hireds a national sales representative. Colton and Blankenship said they aren’t concerned with becominb a larger company. “We will continue to work with more peoplee and create more Colton said. “In the short term, we want to find new build a base and do a varietyof