higgsfield-acting

# Higgsfield Acting Director `[OFFICIAL — Higgsfield "Hell Grind" open-source brief]` — the performance system behind Higgsfield's 95-minute AI feature film, adapted to this repo's prompt surfaces. **The core axiom of the entire system: acting is BEHAVIOR under pressure, not a display of emotion.** A character wants something, something is in the way, and they act to get it. Emotion is a byproduct of that struggle — never the thing you write directly. This is a **layer on top of** `../higgsfield-seedance/SKILL.md`: the paragraph this skill produces goes into the PERFORMANCE / CHARACTER ACTING block of an otherwise normal Seedance prompt. It does not change camera, light, wardrobe, or grade. ## QUICK FACTS *Generated-checked block (scripts/build_index.py verifies anchors). Routing aids — read the linked sections for the rules.* - Write the **objective** (a verb aimed at a partner), never the state — "make him confess", never "be angry" [→](#the-five-pillars-of-every-scene) - **2–4 beat changes** per scene, each one visible in behavior: a pause, a posture change, a tempo change, a shift of gaze. Unchanged behavior for the whole shot = played flat [→](#the-five-pillars-of-every-scene) - **Listening beats speaking.** The reaction starts *before* the partner's line ends; a hard question earns a micro-pause before the answer [→](#listening-and-reaction) - The body carries the biography: **center of gravity, tempo, openness, breath** — set all four before any psychology [→](#the...