# Hailuo 02 on eroq — cinematic physics and dramatic light from Hobby > Hailuo 02 by MiniMax inside eroq — 6 or 10 second clips at 720p, unlocked from the Hobby plan, credits, and prompts built around physical motion and hard light. Published 2026-09-07 · eroq.ai — canonical: https://eroq.ai/blog/hailuo-02-guide Hailuo 02 is MiniMax's video engine, and on eroq it is one of the two premium engines that unlock from Hobby, the $15 tier (the other is Seedance 1.0 Lite). Its reputation is for cinematic physics and dramatic light — things that fall, splash, swing and collide, lit hard. It renders 6 or 10 seconds at 720p, and it is SFW only. This guide is about pointing it at the shots it is good at. ## The numbers - **Length**: 6 or 10 seconds. - **Resolution**: 720p. - **Price anchors**: 100 credits at 5 seconds, 180 at 10 seconds — so a 10-second clip is 180 credits, about $1.80 at the entry pack, where a credit is roughly a cent. - **Formats**: 16:9, 9:16, 1:1. - **Plan**: Hobby ($15, 1,800 credits) and every plan above it. - **Content**: SFW only; the provider moderates upstream. Mature fiction is [Motion One](/models/eroq-motion-one)'s job. A Hobby month, spent entirely on 10-second Hailuo clips, is ten of them. Failed renders refund automatically, plan credits roll over, and the 15-second clip cap on Hobby never comes into play here because the engine tops out at 10. ## What "cinematic physics" buys you An engine with good physics renders cause and effect. Something pushes; something moves in response, with the right weight and timing. That is a narrower strength than it sounds, and it points at specific shots: - **Liquids.** A pour, a spill, a wave hitting a wall. - **Cloth and hair under force.** Wind, a turn, a fall. - **Impacts.** A punch on a bag, a ball off a wall, a door slammed. - **Smoke, dust, sparks.** Things that respond to air. - **Weight.** A heavy object set down, a body landing. The trick is to write the *force* into the prompt, not just the result. "A glass shatters" is a result. "A glass tips off the edge of the counter and shatters across the tiles" has a cause, a fall and an impact — three things the engine can render in sequence. Six seconds is enough for one physical event; ten seconds fits a cause and its consequence. ## Dramatic light — use the rack The second half of Hailuo's reputation is light, and the Video tool has a rack built for it. The [Director's rack](/glossary/director-rack) folds these into your prompt server-side: - **Lighting**: Silhouette, Practicals, Window light, Overhead fall, Contre-jour, Soft cross, Neon glow. - **Palette**: Neon noir, Blood & gold, Industrial fog, Monochrome, Bleach bypass, Twilight and others. - **Film type**: Film noir and Horror are the two that lean hardest on shadow. - **Tempo**: Tense or Chaotic, when the physics should feel dangerous. For Hailuo, pick one hard light source and name it in the prose too — "a single overhead lamp", "contre-jour from one window". One source gives the engine a clear shadow direction; three soft sources give it nothing to work with. ## Prompting Hailuo The register is the same one every engine on eroq prefers: one flowing paragraph, subject, motion, camera, light, mood, 30–80 words. For this engine specifically: 1. **Name the force.** Wind, gravity, a hand, a hit. The cause should be in the first sentence. 2. **Name the material.** Glass, silk, chalk dust, wet concrete. Physics is material-specific and so is the render. 3. **One light source, named.** Then let the rack set the palette. 4. **Keep the camera simple.** Static, Close-up, Handheld and Slow pan from the 17 camera moves suit physics shots; the motion should come from the subject, not the rig. Written directions ("static low angle") are detected in the prompt as well. 5. **Pick 6 seconds by default.** Go to 10 only when there is a consequence to show. Rough draft? Enhance rewrites it into a director-grade prompt for free, and "Surprise me" invents one if you are testing the engine cold. ## Example prompts A 10-second, 16:9 shot with a cause and a consequence: > A glass of red wine tips off the edge of a marble counter in slow motion, the liquid stretching into a crimson sheet before it shatters across black tiles, droplets catching a single overhead lamp. Static low angle at counter height, macro lens, overhead fall lighting, blood and gold palette, tense and inevitable. Settings: 10 s, 16:9, Camera move Static, Lens Macro, Lighting Overhead fall, Palette Blood & gold, Tempo Tense. A 6-second, 9:16 impact shot: > A boxer in a dim gym drives a heavy bag with three hard hooks, chalk dust bursting from the leather on each hit, the chain above jerking and settling. Handheld close-up circling the bag, contre-jour from a single window behind him, industrial fog palette, tense and physical. Settings: 6 s, 9:16, Camera move Handheld, Lighting Contre-jour, Palette Industrial fog. This one is a natural fit for [music visuals](/use-cases/music-visuals) — three hits, one chain, done. ## Hailuo versus Kling, and when to move up Hailuo and Kling are the pair people compare most, and the split is clean: Kling 2.5 Turbo for people — fluid motion, faces, 1080p, Creator plan — and Hailuo 02 for physics and light at 720p from Hobby. If your shot is a performer, read [/compare/kling-vs-hailuo](/compare/kling-vs-hailuo) before you spend. If it is a thing falling through hard light, you are already in the right place. Move up when the job changes: [Kling](/models/kling-2-5-turbo) when a face needs 1080p, Seedance 2.5 when a shot needs more than 10 seconds or a fixed end frame, Veo 3 Fast when the clip needs sound. Everything above Hobby is on [/pricing](/pricing), and the engine page at [/models/hailuo-02](/models/hailuo-02) keeps the current spec. ## FAQ ### Which plan do I need for Hailuo 02 on eroq? Hobby ($15 a month, 1,800 credits) and up. Hobby also unlocks Seedance 1.0 Lite; Creator adds the rest of the roster. ### How long and how sharp are Hailuo 02 clips? 6 or 10 seconds at 720p, in 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1. For 1080p you would move to Kling 2.5 Turbo, Seedance 1.0 Pro or Seedance 2.5 on Creator. ### What does a Hailuo 02 clip cost? The anchors are 100 credits at 5 seconds and 180 at 10 seconds, so a 10-second clip is 180 credits, roughly $1.80 at the entry pack. Failed renders are refunded automatically. Open the Video tool, pick Hailuo 02 and write the force into the first sentence — [/studio/video](/studio/video).