| I would say a lot of it has to do with the caliber of work you want. Chicago is a decent sized market (I interviewed at a studio there and almost moved there instead of LA), but as Mark said, if you want to work on MAJOR TV shows and films, then you probably need to be in LA, London or Maybe NYC in some cases, but most of that work is in LA. So that decision is up to you, if you are comfortable doing lower caliber work then you can probably carve out a niche in most major cities.
I would strongly suggest doing an internship though, because you will learn volumes in a short time and a lot of times these places will hire you in some capacity, or give you freelance work from time to time after you intern there. There is no replacement for learning the correct workflow for whatever facet of audio post you want to do from someone with years of experience - it's invaluable!
Also - you can go after a third option (which I'm considering myself at this point) of gaining credits/experience in a major market and then eventually transitioning to a lesser market (therefore sacrificing the caliber of work you are doing) to be closer to my family since LA is far from home for me.
In the end, it all really depends on what your goals are.
Best of Luck! |