Hailuo 02 Prompts
MiniMax's video model where physics is the star — weight, fluids, and collisions that move the way the real world does.
About Hailuo 02
Hailuo 02 is MiniMax's video generation model, and its calling card is physical realism. Where other models chase cinematic gloss or dialogue, Hailuo pours its capacity into making matter behave: bodies carry believable weight, liquids pour and splash with real viscosity, fabric settles, and collisions transfer momentum instead of passing through.
That focus shows most in shots other models quietly fail: an athlete landing a jump where you feel the impact absorb through the knees, honey ribboning off a spoon, a stack of boxes toppling with each box tumbling on its own arc. When the point of your clip is that something physical happens — and looks true — Hailuo is the specialist.
The catch is that physics only reads as real when the prompt supplies the physical facts. A model can't infer weight from the word "box"; it can from "a waterlogged cardboard box that sags as he lifts it". The gallery below collects tested Hailuo prompts with real outputs, so you can see exactly how much physical detail a convincing clip takes.
How to write Hailuo 02 prompts
- 1Name the forces at play — weight, momentum, drag, recoil: "the sledgehammer arcs down heavily, and the strike jolts back through his arms". Force words are Hailuo's native vocabulary.
- 2Specify material properties, not just objects: "thick honey", "brittle dry clay", "sodden wool coat". Viscosity, stiffness, and wetness are what the simulation feeds on.
- 3Build the shot around one cause-and-effect moment: an impact, a pour, a collapse. State the trigger and the consequence — "the shelf gives way, and jars shatter across the tiles".
- 4Ask for the secondary motion explicitly — hair swinging after a stop, water still sloshing after the jug lands, dust drifting after the fall. Follow-through is where realism is won.
- 5Keep the clip to one physical event. A single believable collapse beats three stacked stunts that each get a third of the physics budget.
- 6Describe mass through behavior rather than numbers: "so heavy she leans back to counterbalance" tells the model more than any weight figure would.
Frequently asked questions
What is Hailuo 02 best at?
Physical realism — clips where weight, fluids, cloth, and collisions behave like the real world. It is the strongest pick when the point of your shot is a physical event: an impact, a pour, a fall, an athletic movement that has to feel like it has mass behind it.
How do I write Hailuo 02 prompts for realistic motion?
Give the model physical facts: material properties, forces, and one clear cause-and-effect. Describe how heavy things are through behavior, and ask for the follow-through — splashes, swaying, settling. The tested prompts on this page show working examples of that level of detail.
Can Hailuo 02 handle water, fluids, and collisions?
That territory is its specialty. Liquids pour and splash with believable viscosity, and collisions transfer momentum instead of clipping through. The more precisely you describe the material and the force involved, the more convincing the simulation reads.
Where can I use these Hailuo prompts?
Hailuo is available through MiniMax's Hailuo AI platform, with API access for developers via the MiniMax open platform. Copy any prompt from this page, paste it there, and swap in your own materials and physical moment.
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