Reference Videos Make Minimax Acting Believable: Full Prompt Template Shared

roychodraws · reddit · 2026-10-10

A Reddit user shows how reference videos dramatically improve acting quality in Minimax video generation: characters copy the delivery reference's cadence, pauses, pitch changes, emphasis, tone and facial manner.

The key trick is separating appearance from performance: each subject's looks come exclusively from a designated picture, while delivery style comes from a reference video. The template explicitly instructs the model to ignore the reference speaker's appearance, voice timbre, words, setting and watermarks, and includes a structured 'delivery style: fullypreserved' block to lock in the performance transfer.

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