[Brian Jaggers]

Lots of people bashing film school on here, but allow me to defend it. You can’t go to Columbia and then walk over to LA with a degree and some cable TV footage and say “work please!”. You will get nada. What has been said before is true in the sense that, the market is flooded with yuppies who have macs and final cut installed. and on top of that, the market is flooded with Film school students. If you choose to go to film school in this society you have to realize that you aren’t paying 60,000 for a degree, you are paying for two things. Training in your field and connections. If all your connections are on the east coast in Columbia than it sounds like you aren’t going to have much luck on the west coast. The Columbia name is great for most any job and will most likely get you jobs. just not in film. sorry. It’s bad that no one there told you, or that you weren’t able to network. Just my opinion.