AI Lets Low‑Budget Films Imitate Hollywood

Indonesian filmmakers are using ChatGPT, Midjourney, and Runway to produce Hollywood‑style movies on sub‑$1 million budgets, with reported 70% time savings in VFX draft edits. Industry support is accelerating adoption while jobs for storyboarders, VFX artists, and voice actors shrink. This shows AI can collapse production costs and capability gaps for emerging markets’ studios. — If AI lets low‑cost industries achieve premium visuals, it will upend global creative labor markets, pressure Hollywood unions, and reshape who exports cultural narratives.