2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein retrieving the media items comprises automatically deriving one or more search queries from the textual input, and querying the media databases with the search queries.
1. A method for multimedia content generation, comprising: receiving a textual input; before receiving an audio narration of the textual input, estimating occurrence times of respective components of the audio narration; automatically retrieving from one or more media databases a plurality of media items that are relevant to the textual input; receiving user input, which selects one or more of the automatically-retrieved media items and correlates one or more of the selected media items in time with the textual input; and automatically constructing a video clip, which comprises the audio narration and the selected media items scheduled in accordance with the user input, by scheduling the selected media items in accordance with the estimated occurrence times.