Method and apparatus for generating video

An apparatus for generating a video, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a memory storing instructions, wherein the instructions when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• determining a commentary of a target news cluster, each piece of news in the target news cluster being specific to a given news event;
• generating a voice corresponding to each paragraph in the commentary using a speech synthesis technology;
• determining a candidate material resource set corresponding to the commentary based on a video and an image included in the target news cluster, the candidate material resource being a video or image;
• determining a candidate material resource sequence corresponding to the each paragraph in the commentary;
• and
• generating a video corresponding to the commentary based on the voice corresponding to the each paragraph in the commentary and the candidate material resource sequence.