Indonesia's film industry embraces AI to make Hollywood-style movies for cheap
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- OpenAI launched Sora 2, an AI model for generating high-definition video clips with sound and realistic physics.
- Indonesia's film industry is transforming with AI tools like Sora, Runway, Midjourney, and ChatGPT, enabling high-quality movies on smaller budgets.
- AI is making film production more efficient but also causing job losses for creatives like storyboarders, scriptwriters, and VFX artists.
- Indonesia's film sector is thriving, with local box office sales exceeding $400 million in 2023, making it Southeast Asia's fastest-growing market.
- Generative AI is being widely adopted in Indonesia, with tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, and Runway used for scripting, images, and video generation.
- Sora 2 can create realistic video clips up to a minute long, useful for storyboarding and preproduction, though concerns exist about copyrighted training data.
- VFX artists use AI to speed up workflows, though many still prefer human touch-ups for perfection.
- AI-generated content is already appearing in global productions, such as Disney+'s Secret Invasion and Netflix's The Eternaut.
- AI is reducing costs in Indonesian filmmaking, with budgets around $602,500, far below Hollywood's $200 million productions.
- AI is sparking controversy, particularly in replacing actors and voice artists, though Indonesia's industry is more accepting of AI voice cloning.
- New roles requiring AI-prompt artistry may balance job losses, with universities offering AI filmmaking courses.
- Despite AI's rise, many believe human creativity and manual work will retain value as AI-generated content reaches saturation.