Film School/AI Video: First Steps/Lesson 5
Lesson 5 of 6 · 6 min
Pick the right model (and save tokens)
One prompt, four models, four prices. See what you pay for.
Hailuo 02
A paper boat sailing through a rain-soaked city street at night, neon reflections on the water, macro, slow tracking shot
Try this prompt →MiniMax H3 Max
A paper boat sailing through a rain-soaked city street at night, neon reflections on the water, macro, slow tracking shot
Try this prompt →Kling V3 Pro
A paper boat sailing through a rain-soaked city street at night, neon reflections on the water, macro, slow tracking shot
Try this prompt →Kling 4.0
A paper boat sailing through a rain-soaked city street at night, neon reflections on the water, macro, slow tracking shot
Try this prompt →Hailuo 02 is the budget workhorse for drafts and volume. MiniMax H3 Max gives the best prompt accuracy for the price. Kling V3 Pro adds sound baked in. Kling 4.0 is the flagship for 1080p hero shots.
The pro workflow: draft three variations on Hailuo (180 tokens), then re-render the winner on Kling 4.0 (240 tokens). That's 420 tokens instead of 720 for drafting everything on the flagship — about 40% saved.