Hailuo 3 (MiniMax H3) Prompt Guide: Dialogue, Camera Brackets and Drafts, With Examples You Can Run (2026)

For Hailuo 3, write one shot with one action, put any spoken line in quotes, and add MiniMax's camera instruction in square brackets, such as [pan], [zoom] or [static]. Draft the prompt on H3 Max at 480p, then make the finished take on Hailuo 3, which renders in 2K with sound. This guide shows how, with three prompts you can open in the studio and run as they are.

A note on who wrote this: GenMagic runs Hailuo 3 (MiniMax H3), H3 Max and Hailuo 2.3, and writes from the prompts its users run on them. The bracketed camera instructions come from MiniMax's video generation guide, read November 10, 2026. Which model to pick: Hailuo 3 vs H3 Max vs Hailuo 2.3. Prompts for other models: Seedance, Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Wan 3.0.

Table of contents

1. The structure
2. Dialogue and sound
3. Camera in brackets
4. Draft on H3 Max, finish on Hailuo 3
5. Opening on your own picture
6. What to avoid
7. Examples you can run
8. Questions

The structure

Write one shot: shot size, subject, action (in the order it happens), setting and light, the camera instruction in brackets right after the description it belongs to, and the length. For example: "Wide shot: a lone hiker reaches the top of a misty ridge at sunrise and raises both arms [pan], 6 seconds."

MiniMax accepts long prompts (up to 7,000 characters), but a clear paragraph works better than a page.

Dialogue and sound

• Put the spoken line in quotes, after who says it: she looks up and says, "One more hour, then coffee." In our eight-model test, Hailuo 3 said a scripted line word for word.
• Keep it to one short line per clip; a 6-second clip has room for about one sentence.
• Name the sounds you want: rain on the window, a passing car, a crowd. Hailuo 3 makes sound in the same clip; H3 Max and Hailuo 2.3 make silent clips on GenMagic.

Camera in brackets

MiniMax's guide says to add camera instructions "directly after key descriptions", with [pan], [zoom] and [static] as its examples. Use one per shot. Plain film words also work in the sentence itself ("slow push-in", "tracking shot"), but do not ask for two different moves at once.

Draft on H3 Max, finish on Hailuo 3

Hailuo 3 renders only in 2K on GenMagic ($0.20 a second with sound), and takes a few minutes a clip. H3 Max runs at 480p for $0.075 a second, so try the action, the framing and the camera there, then run the take you like on Hailuo 3 with the same prompt.

Opening on your own picture

Add a picture and the clip starts on it; add a second one as the last frame and the clip ends on it (Hailuo 3 and H3 Max). Describe only what moves: "the cat turns its head toward the camera and blinks slowly". Only use pictures you have the right to use.

What to avoid

• Several scenes in one clip: make one clip per shot and join them in your editor.
• Readable text in the frame: add titles in your editor.
• Real people's names, brands and existing characters: refused, and not yours to use.

Examples you can run

Each link opens the GenMagic studio with the model and the prompt ready; you see the price before you generate.

A line of dialogue in 2K (Hailuo 3): Medium shot: a tired night-shift nurse leans on the counter of a quiet hospital ward, looks up at a colleague and says, "One more hour, then coffee." Soft fluorescent light, rain on the window behind her [static], 6 seconds. Open in the studio

A cheap draft (H3 Max, 480p): Wide shot: a lone hiker reaches the top of a misty ridge at sunrise and raises both arms, clouds rolling through the valley below [pan], 6 seconds. Open in the studio

A picture that moves (Hailuo 3, add your picture as the first frame): Animate this picture: the cat on the windowsill turns its head toward the camera, blinks slowly and flicks its tail, a car passes outside, soft morning light [zoom], 6 seconds. Open in the studio

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Questions

How do I control the camera in Hailuo? Add MiniMax's camera instruction in square brackets right after the description it belongs to, for example [pan], [zoom] or [static]. One move per shot.

Can Hailuo 3 speak a line I write? Yes. Put the line in quotes after who says it, and keep it to one short sentence per clip.

How long can a Hailuo 3 clip be? 5 to 15 seconds on GenMagic.

Can I try Hailuo for free? Verifying your email on GenMagic adds $0.50 of starter credit, about 6 seconds of H3 Max at 480p. Every Hailuo model and price: Hailuo pay as you go.