Award-winning filmmaker Khoa D. Le (“Walt Before Mickey,” “Bezos: The Beginning”) and his AI co-host Maya reveal how to slash indie-film pre-production time by 70%—without sacrificing story or quality. If you’re ready to turn micro-budgets into blockbuster visuals, this episode is your blueprint.
––––– WHAT YOU’LL LEARN ––––– • The exact AI workflow Khoa uses: ChatGPT beat-sheets, Claude rewrites & Midjourney storyboards • Why scripts are only *blueprints*—and how to improvise on set • The social-media burnout trap & how to protect your creativity • Building a Web3-style film community that funds future projects • Hard truths: why 99 % of indies lose money (and how to be the 1 %)
––––– CHAPTERS ––––– 00:00 Intro & AI co-host reveal 02:45 5D Mark II: the indie origin story 07:25 AI pre-production hacks 10:44 ChatGPT beat-sheet tutorial 16:09 Burnout vs. algorithm pressure 22:46 Filming in Vietnam & Ghana 26:32 Decentralized film-community vision 36:06 Call to action & next-episode teaser
––––– LINKS ––––– • Kvibe Studios → https://www.kvibe.com • Discord (Founding Crew) → https://discord.com/invite/DqXcdQHder • Khoa Le on Substack → https://khoalefilms.substack.com • IMDb → https://imdb.com/name/nm3357359
––––– CONNECT ––––– Instagram · https://instagram.com/khoalefilms TikTok · https://tiktok.com/@khoalefilms LinkedIn · https://www.linkedin.com/in/kvibe
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