[Thomas W. Bethe]

The post business is very slow anywhere in the country.

It will probably get better as the economy improves.

Many people who use to work for large post houses are now plying their trade in their houses with minimal equipment. The same thing that happened to the large recording studios is starting to happen in Post. What use to take millions of dollars of equipment and a large facility can now be done in someone's living room. Yes you will always need big studios to do recordings of large orchestras and yes the mixing of feature films will need to be done in a facility equipped for that function but sound design, voice over, ADR and even Foley can now be done in your house with little or no fuss.

Today with ISDN and high speed internet you can be recording in Cleveland with voice talent in SF and the producer in NYC with no problems. As the internet improves who really knows where this will all go. Maybe when the whole country is fiber and everyone has a 100 meg line to their house the director of a movie can use a post house in Atlanta, an actor in Milwaukee and a DP in LA and do a scene with none of them in the same room. It is both an interesting time to be alive and a scary one as well.

Back on Topic

To the OP. Get the best education you can from a recognized four year college, while in college take every opportunity to do outside film or video and start making connections and networking. Some of the people that worked with George Lucas on THX-1138 are still with him so you never know. If things go south and you are out of work for a while you can almost always get a job with a college degree. It may not be exactly what you want but at least you will be making money and have a chance to look for what you want.

Best of luck and let us know how you are doing!!!