A method and an apparatus for generating a video are provided. The method may include performing, by a server, semantic analysis on an original video according to a timing characteristic of the original video, and segmenting the original video to obtain video segments with semantic information; obtaining, by the server, a video generation sequence model with a timing characteristic based on at least one previously configured video generation sequence model with a timing characteristic according to preference video information obtained from a client; and reorganizing, by the server, the video segments with the semantic information according to the video generation sequence model with the timing characteristic to obtain a target video of the client.