Find a good community theater in your area and go learn how to build sets, light, run sound, and act. Live there until you graduate high school. Make promo videos for them, to show of your work. Learn pacing, working with a crew, and problem-solving in high stress. This will make you a better videographer, and it'll introduce you to other jobs that you might like better than making videos.
Tech doesn't matter, as long as it's not holding you back. I edit on a 4-year-old G5, because it just
works. If you want some more toys to play with, get a couple halogen worklights at Lowes to experiment with. Get Final Cut Express -- your young brain learns quickly, and you have time to play with it. Knowing how to work quickly and precisely in Final Cut Express will make you much savvier when you jump up to FCS, CS5, Avid, etc. If you want a new camera, save up for a decent Canon consumer camera or a T2i.
Find a couple of older editors/directors/etc who will give you harsh, precise, and constructive criticism. Take your work to them often, and ask them for homework.
Keep doing your thing. :)
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Meteor Tower Films
We make music videos, design video for live theater, and build interesting contraptions.
