Start hustling and pushing content on YouTube, Snap, etc. Find a niche that interests you and just push out massive quantities of content.

What's your goal and what kind of content do you want to make?

School's okay and all but you can learn a lot from just youtube tutorials and google tutorials. You can start with a setup as simple as your cell phone + tripod and shooting outside during the day so you don't need special lights. Watch a few basic tutorials on getting good audio, that makes a big difference in quality. Seriously just google "How to make a short film" or something similar.

Make a short video and post it on youtube, then monetize that video. Make enough Youtube videos and other creators will hit you up / listen to proposals to work together or you can use it as a portfolio for jobs.

Seems like the path is increasingly to focus on creating your own short-form content first. This route has led to television series pickups - Broad City and Insecure are two that come to mind immediately. There's also a bit of discussion of its effect on the film circuit here: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/a-generationa...

Same as most (all?) creation professions - start creating.

Start producing content that you care about. Practice and get better at it. The equipment costs are low, or some places (schools, non profits) offer classes and equipment loans.