Motion control needs a driving clip

Motion control copies the movement in a driving video onto a subject in a still. Kling Video V3 Pro Motion Control is that job on this catalog: still + driving clip, 1080p, 17 credits, audio off. A prompt that says “dance” is not a drive. If you do not have a performance file, you do not have a motion-control job. You have I2V or T2V, and you will accept invented timing.

This page is the driving-clip procedure. The still still has to be locked — but the miss this page exists for is people opening the row with a paragraph and a selfie.

Two files, or the row cannot start

The Pro card: motion-control category, image required, 1080p, 17 credits, audio false. Standard exists as a sibling. Length of the output follows the drive. Choreography lives in the video file, not in the text box.

File A — the still. Who (or what) should perform. Full body if the drive is full body. A headshot against a dance drive is how you get invented legs. Lock this first at image prices. This page will not re-teach that.

File B — the driving clip. Someone (or a product turntable) already doing the motion: walk, dance, gesture, unscrew, orbit. Head, shoulders, and torso visible on a Kling-shaped body drive. Subject fully in frame. Clean enough that pose can be read. You have the rights.

If File B is missing, stop. Do not type she spins twice and points at the label. That sentence is I2V. Run I2V. Motion control will not parse it into choreography.

If File B is a 9:16 dance and File A is a 16:9 pack on a table, stop. You are about to transfer a full-body performance onto a bottle crop. Either recrop/regenerate the still to the drive’s framing, or pick a drive that is a tabletop turn — a real turntable clip, not a dance.

Procedure to confirm you are in the right mode:

Can you mute the drive and still understand the motion? If no, the pose is not readable.
Can you freeze the still and cast it in that blocking? If no, fix the still.
Do you need the mouth to say a line? If yes, this row will not help. Audio is off. Lipsync is a later pass, and motion transfer is body-level anyway.
Is the motion something you could describe in one verb and accept as approximate? Then I2V is cheaper. Motion control is for when the timing must be that file.

Shoot, license, or cut the drive — then attach it

You get a driving clip in three honest ways.

Shoot it. Phone, locked off or stable, full body, even light, 3–10 seconds of the actual gesture. Clap or count if you need hits. Do not hide the joints. This is the best drive you will ever have, because it is the motion you meant.

License or use a clip you have rights to. Staff dance, a purchased performance, a turntable you own. Trend rips from For You are not a drive you can ship. Rights first.

Cut it down. The drive should be only the motion you want transferred. A 30-second take with 20 seconds of waiting will transfer the wait. Trim to the wave.

Readability rules:

One subject. Crowds hide pose.
Avoid extreme close-ups for a full-body transfer.
Avoid heavy occlusion (hands in pockets the whole time, subject behind a desk) unless that is the motion.
Match lens height to the still. A top-down drive onto a straight-on still is a fight.

Then:

Open Kling V3 Pro Motion Control (17 credits).
Attach the still. Attach the driving video. Both.
Prompt, if the field is there, is wardrobe, backdrop, mood — optional, 0–2500 characters on this family’s cards. It is not choreography. Do not argue with the file in prose.
Generate. Watch at 1×. The beat should be the drive’s beat. If it is not, the drive was unreadable or the still could not be cast.
Do not add native audio here; the card is silent. Score, VO, or lipsync after.

The AI video generator will not fetch a dance because you named a song. You attach the clip.

What is not a driving clip

Refuse these inputs:

A YouTube link in the prompt. There is no file.
A still of a pose. That is a still. Motion control needs time.
A native-audio generate you liked for the song. You can try using it as a drive if you own it and the pose is readable; you are transferring motion, not the song. Audio is off on the output. Lay music under later if you have the license.
“Make it like last week’s Reel.” Last week’s Reel is only a drive if you import the file and have the right to use the performance.
I2V of a dance from a text prompt, then using that as a drive. Possible as a sketch, but you are stacking two invented timings. If the timing is the product, film it.

Motion control is 17 credits because the files are the product. Spending 17 on a sentence is how you get a random move on the wrong still — a successful transfer of garbage.

If what you actually wanted was a product orbit: film a 5-second orbit of any stand-in, or use I2V with “slow orbit, label holds.” Do not attach a hip-hop drive to a serum still.

If what you actually wanted was a talking presenter: lipsync (still + audio, or video + audio). Motion control will not lip-read a VO. The glossary pitfall is explicit: most transfer is body-level; expression and lips usually need a separate pass.

After the transfer: silent finish

The Pro output is silent 1080p. Finish it like a silent plate:

QC the body against the drive (timing) and the still (identity). Both have to hold.
If identity drifted, the still was the miss — lock a better still, same drive, 17 credits again. Do not prompt the face back.
If timing drifted, the drive was unreadable — recut or reshoot the drive, same still.
Lay music or VO you have rights to. TTS is 4 credits if you need a line.
Lipsync only if we can see a mouth and the line matters.
Burn captions last, in the safe area.

Do not extend this row expecting native audio to appear. It will not. Do not caption before you like the motion; you will recaption.

If you need a studio seat to attach the still and the driving clip to the 17-credit row, sign up. Bring two files. Do not bring the word “dance.”

FAQ

Can I describe the dance instead of uploading a clip?

No. Motion control reads pose from a video file. A paragraph is I2V. Kling V3 Pro Motion Control is 17 credits for still + drive, audio off.

Does the driving clip’s audio transfer?

Not on this card. Audio is false. The drive is a motion source. Score or VO later, with licenses.

Why did I get a dancing bottle?

Because you attached a dance drive to a product still. Match the drive to the still’s framing and job, or use I2V for a simple orbit.