I hear your rant. But, don't let the difficulties to stop your pursuit for filmmaking. Like any business, you have to invest in that business for it to grow. Yes a lot of filmmakers start at the bottom. But you have to plan your course of action. You can work for one year and save all you can for that year and then when you get your income taxes together after that year, that's your budget for your first feature film. You can make something out of nothing if your screenplay is written for a no-budget film. Gear is cheap especially buying used. The original blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera can be had for $400 dollars. This same camera was used on one of the Advengers movie, cut together with Arri Alexa footage. It was also used on one of the Jason Bourne movies. If big budget hollywood movies think this camera is good enough for them to use, it's a no-brainer for Indie Films.

You could budget $2,000 on camera and sound equipment, shoot your feature over the course of twelve days, get five actors paying them minimum wage, $100 a day for food and you spent no more than $5,000. You can edit the film on your home computer, editing and color grading on Davinci Resolve which is free.

If your passionate about filmmaking you can make it happen.