The FullSail In Life

I really want to go to Full Sail because it could mean getting all that experience you need to work with high tech equipment that you need to know for the film world.  I like the idea that its only two years until graduation- though its insanely rigorous.  I have a friend who is in the animation and graphics department and He says he couldn’t remember the last time he wasn’t working or creating.  This all sounds great, but is the nifty $75,000 price tag worth it? I’m not sure.  I want to produce and be in charge of a project and the like, but alas I can’t figure out how you become a producer of “content” – like the producer of a morning talk show or a producer of a media graphics lab or something.  I like the glitzy showy website that Full Sail has, I love the department that FSU has.  Do I really want to go to Florida or is there something else out there? (cue country song by Reba McEntire)  There is also this highly recommended film school in North Carolina with full shooting back lot and intense apprenticeship.  I think its funny that we go to school and take step 1, 2, 3 and there is still no real guarantee where in the world you will end up.  It is all very “Up in the Air” (golden globes tomorrow!).  My ultimate dream is to live on that island where the wild things are and just call it a day, but sense that is impossible I have to find a perfectly adequate substitute.  I just don’t know what that is yet.