HeyJaredInside Vertical Short Dramas
🎙️ Go behind the scenes of the global vertical short drama boom.Hosted by producer Maggie Han, founder of the Short Drama Alliance, this podcast explores the rise of vertical short dramas through interviews with creators, producers, and industry leaders worldwide.Featuring…
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26Q2 | Indian Mythology Meets AI Microdrama: How AI Is Democratizing Storytelling (opens the original)
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In this interview, I speak with Shantanu Tungare, filmmaker, narrative strategist, and co-founder of Bulb Chamka Studios—an Indian production company that has completed more than 100 microdramas and developed an in-house AI production pipeline. We discuss: • How AI-native storytelling works across pre-production, production, and post-production • Why AI should automate repetitive tasks while humans protect the story • How Shantanu’s team produces approximately 20 hours of content per month • The
26Q2 | Is YouTube Still Safe for AI Microdrama Creators? (opens the original)
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What happens when an AI creator spends years building a YouTube channel—only to have it suddenly terminated? In this interview, Egyptian filmmaker, film critic, writer, and AI content creator Sherif Awad shares his concerns about the growing risks independent creators face on major platforms. With more than three decades of experience across film distribution, festivals, television, journalism, and international cinema, Sherif now creates AI-generated stories and explores new forms of vertical e
26Q2 | Why Writers and Directors Still Matter Most in AI Microdramas (opens the original)
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In this interview, filmmaker and The Pulp House founder Sampat Chari shares how he combines AI with vertical storytelling. After 15 years of working across film, television, web series and audio, he entered the microdrama space after seeing the format’s rapid growth in China. We discuss: • Why a microdrama needs to hook viewers within the first three seconds • How microdrama writing differs from traditional film and television • Why The Pulp House keeps writing and editing human-led • The produc
26Q2 | Why Story Still Matters in the Age of AI Short Dramas (opens the original)
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Can AI really transform the future of short dramas? In this episode, I speak with Sophia Xing , Founder of Plot Party , an AI platform built specifically for creating hybrid and fully AI-native micro dramas. Sophia shares how AI is changing production workflows, why storytelling still matters more than visuals, and what the future of AI-generated vertical dramas could look like. In this interview, we discuss: - Why micro dramas are "audience first" rather than "story first" - How AI is changing
26Q2 | Inside LoveDrama: Building a Global Vertical Drama Platform (opens the original)
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What does it take to build a global vertical drama platform? In this interview, I speak with Batyr, Director of Business Development at Kedoo, the company behind LoveDrama, about how the platform is expanding across Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and other international markets. We discuss: • LoveDrama's global content and localization strategy • Why one-size-fits-all doesn't work in vertical dramas • Co-production and IP partnership models • How LoveDrama chooses and develops original
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