Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for generating a video. The method may include: receiving a query text inputted by a user; querying a material resource set related to the query text, material resources being images, videos, or audios; presenting the material resource set; determining a material resource sequence, in response to receiving a selecting operation and a ranking operation of the user on the material resources in the presented material resource set; and generating the video based on the material resource sequence.