MiniMax Hailuo 2.3 prompt guide
Hailuo 2.3 from MiniMax makes six-second clips with convincing physics: water, cloth, hair and bodies in motion. Six seconds hold one action, so write one subject, one movement and one camera move.
What MiniMax Hailuo 2.3 takes
- Takes a prompt and a first frame.
- Clips of 6 seconds.
- Settings: 768p · 6 s.
- From 6 credits per clip.
The order to write a prompt in
- The subject and the one thing it does.
- How the world reacts: the water splashes, the coat flaps in the wind, the dust rises.
- The camera: one move, such as a tracking shot, a slow push-in or a static shot.
- The light and the look.
Tips
- With a photo as the first frame, describe the motion, not the photo: the model already sees what is in it.
- Name the camera move. Without one the model tends to pick a gentle zoom of its own.
- Physical detail is where Hailuo shines: say what the motion does to the things around it.
- Order events in time when there are two: start on the hands, then pull back to show the kitchen.
- The clips are silent. For sound in the same take, use Seedance 2.5, Kling 3.0 with audio or Veo 3.1.
Example prompts
A surfer carves across the face of a large wave, spray flying off the board as it turns. Tracking shot from the water alongside him. Late-afternoon sun, glittering water.
The wind picks up: her hair and the long scarf blow sideways, the grass ripples around her. Slow push-in on her face. Soft overcast light.
Close-up of hands kneading dough on a floured table, flour puffing up with each press, then the camera pulls back to reveal a sunlit bakery kitchen. Warm, natural light.