DEDUPEDWho it is forA short-film director or storyboard artist who needs a 15-second scene with the same character across several shots.
The problemKeeping a character and location consistent across cuts is hard without fixed visual references.
The outcomeA timed shot list prompt with a reference control block for the character and the environment.
What you need first
- A browser to view the live gallery and WebM examples
- Access to MiniMax H3 video generation, such as the BeatAPI MiniMax H3 API page linked in the README
Steps
- Open the Stories & Films list at prompts/use-cases/stories-films.md, or find the radio operator evacuation bridge prompt in the live gallery.
- Read its REFERENCE CONTROL section to see how the character and environment images are described.
- Prepare one reference image for the character and one for the location.
- Replace the character, city, and story beats with your fictional ones, keeping the no real countries or landmarks rule.
- Run the edited prompt through MiniMax H3 and check that the character stays consistent across cuts.
Prompt for your agent
In the BeatAPI/awesome-minimax-h3-prompts repo, take the radio operator evacuation bridge prompt and adapt it to a fictional <character and city>. Output a 15-second timed shot list with a REFERENCE CONTROL block. Verify that the output names no real countries, flags, organizations, or landmarks.
Caveat. The example clips are creator work shared with attribution, so use the prompts as starting points and keep the credit line.
Use this in your AI agent
Ask your agent
Using the Deduped MCP, get the setup steps for BeatAPI/awesome-minimax-h3-prompts and "Adapt a timed story prompt with reference images"
Add Deduped to Claude Code once
claude mcp add --transport http deduped https://dedupedai.com/mcp
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