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 production process behind the 60-episode AI-animated vertical series Whispervale

• How AI can make ambitious fantasy and science-fiction stories more affordable

• Why writers and directors must remain at the center of AI production

• Personality rights, the unauthorized use of people’ ...