Title animation for an ancient period series with MiniMax H3 🔺

the prompt

Create a visually rich 15-second, 16:9 opening-title sequence for a historical drama titled THE JADE SUN, set within a powerful Classic Maya city-state.

The story concerns royal succession, drought, trade and political rivalry. Build the titles from historically grounded materials rather than conventional battle scenes.

VISUAL LANGUAGE
Use warm limestone, deep jungle green, polished jade, black obsidian, red mineral pigment, woven cotton and flickering firelight. Show corbelled architecture, reservoir maps, carved relief details, jade mosaics, cacao vessels and the shadow of a ceiba tree.

Do not mix Maya imagery with Aztec, Incan, Egyptian or European motifs. Do not generate decorative glyphs or invented ancient writing.

Display only the exact English credits below. Use monumental serif typography inspired by carved geometry without imitating Maya glyphs. Keep all letters correctly spelled, flat and readable.

0–3s: Sunlight travels across a limestone relief. Shallow carved lines form a map of reservoirs, raised roads and temple platforms. Red pigment fills one route and reveals:

A SERIES BY
ELENA MAR

Hold the credit clearly.

3–6s: Small pieces of polished jade slide across black cloth and lock into a circular royal ornament. The empty center opens to reveal:

STARRING
TOMAS REYES

The jade stops moving before the name appears.

6–9s: An obsidian mirror reflects firelight and the partial silhouette of a ruler wearing an authentic feathered headdress. Condensation retreats from the mirror to reveal:

CREATED BY
ISABEL CRUZ

Hold the text in the clean dark reflection.

9–11.5s: No text. A stone model of the city is gradually covered by the shadow of an approaching eclipse. Reservoir channels dry and turn from blue-green to dark red. One jade bead rolls into the remaining light.

11.5–15s: The bead becomes a brilliant green sun against black obsidian. Limestone letterforms rise around it to reveal:

THE JADE
SUN

Gold-green light moves once across the title, then everything becomes still. Hold through the end.

Audio: distant jungle atmosphere, a low wooden slit drum, clay flute breath, stone movement and one restrained conch tone during the eclipse. No generic chanting, fantasy music, orchestral trailer impacts or modern instruments.