The invention relates to a video generation method and device. The method comprises the following steps: in response to a video generation request sent by terminal equipment, determining a keyword corresponding to semantic content contained in the request; obtaining a video clip matched with the keyword; generating a target video according to the video clip; controlling a terminal device to display a target video. According to the embodiment of the invention, a video generation request sent by terminal equipment can be responded to determine the keyword corresponding to the semantic content contained in the request; the content of the video desired to be generated by the user is analyzed, the video clip matched with the keyword is acquired, the target video is generated according to the video clip, and the terminal equipment is controlled to display the target video, so that the user can conveniently and quickly generate the desired video, and the video creation cost is reduced.