This paper documents the results of a research project that deals with the application of an artificial life (AL) approach to creating a system of cinematographic narration. This project investigates the possibility of producing an autonomous cinematographic narration system, in which meaning results from a kind of hypermontage, conditioned by genetic algorithms. The theoretical thesis lead to the design and construction of a generative system for the synthesis of audiovisual narratives, in which a genetic algorithm manages the collection of video fragments, that have been parameterized and stored in a database. The genetic algorithm's fitness criteria are being defined by the viewer, via the system's interface.