HeyGen Cinematic Avatar API

Prompt-driven cinematic shots featuring your avatar — describe a scene (camera, setting, action) and HeyGen renders a documentary-style clip from 1–3 avatar looks, optionally guided by reference clips/images.

$0.105/s on Varosity credits ($0.100/s with your own key). Clips up to 15s with native audio.

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no heygen account needed · no subscription · failed renders never billed

Best for

prompt-driven cinematic shots
blends 1–3 avatar looks into a scene
reference videos/images for style

Trade-offs

4–15s per clip
less control than a scripted avatar video

Call it from your code

One Varosity key works for every model. Video renders are async — the response has a jobId; poll GET /api/v1/jobs/{jobId} until status is "succeeded", then read outputUrl.

curl -X POST https://varosity.ai/api/v1/video/generate \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VAROSITY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "prompt": "cinematic aerial of a coastal road at golden hour, slow push-in",
    "modelId": "heygen-cinematic",
    "aspectRatio": "16:9",
    "durationSec": 5
  }'

Or ask your agent

Connect Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client to https://varosity.ai/api/mcp with your key, then say:

"Use Varosity with heygen-cinematic to make a 5-second clip of …"

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