These sources will help you with formatting your citations for your bibliography.
This guide provides examples for citing common sources in film and media studies. For additional sources and guidelines:
Citation Example | Type of Source |
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It’s a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Thomas Mitchell. RKO, 1946. Film. | Film |
It’s a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Thomas Mitchell. 1946. Republic, 2001. DVD. | DVD or Videocassette |
Like Water for Chocolate [Como agua para chocolate]. Screenplay by Laura Esquivel. Dir. Alfonso Arau. Perf. Lumi Cavazos, Marco Lombardi, and Regina Torne. Miramax, 1993. Film | Film dubbed or subtitled in English |
Foxygen. “Shuggie.” We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic. Jagjaguwar, 2012. Music Video. Dir. Ulysses/Onasis. YouTube. 24 Jan. 2013. Web. | Music video |
“The Buccaneers.” By Edith Wharton. Perf. Mira Sorvino, Alison Elliott, and Carla Gugino. 3 episodes. Masterpiece Theatre. Introd. Russell Baker. PBS. WGBH, Boston, 27 Apr.-11 May 1997. Television. | Television mini-series, broadcast |
"The One About the Monkey." Friends. National Broadcasting Company. WOAI, San Antonio. 6 Feb. 2005. Television. | Television episode, broadcast |
"The One About the Monkey." Friends. National Broadcasting Company. Netflix. Web. 23 Jan. 2012. | Television episode, online |
"The One Where Chandler Can't Cry." Friends: The Complete Sixth Season. Writ. Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen. Dir. Kevin Bright. Warner Brothers, 2004. DVD. | Television episode, DVD |
Mad Men: Season One. Created by Matthew Weiner. Perf. John Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, January Jones, John Slattery, Vincent Kartheiser. Lionsgate, 2008. DVD. | Television Series, DVD |
Blanchett, Cate. “In Character with: Cate Blanchett.” Notes on a Scandal. Dir. Richard Eyre. Fox Searchlight, 2006. DVD. Tarantino, Quentin. Interview by Jimmy Kimmel. Jimmy Kimmel Live. ABC. WABC, New York. 20 Apr. 2004. Television. |
Interview on Television or DVD |
Chaplin, Charles, dir. Modern Times. Perf. Chaplin and Paulette Goddard. United Artists, 1936. Film. Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, adapt. A Room with a View. By E.M. Forster. Dir. James Ivory. Prod. Ismail Merchant. Perf. Maggie Smith, Denholm Eliot, Helena Bonham Carter, and Daniel Day-Lewis. Cinecom Intl., 1985. Film. |
Citing the contribution of a particular individual in a film |
Pringles potato chips. Advertisement. MTV. 19 Jan. 2005. Television. | TV commercial |
Fame. Advertisement. Movieposter.com. 1980. Web. 10 Oct. 2012. | Movie poster |
The Great Train Robbery. Dir. Edward Porter. Thomas Edison, 1903. Internet Archive. Web. 5 June 2008. | Online video |
"YouTube - Jane Eyre Movie Trailer Official (HD)." YouTube. Web. 16 Mar. 2011 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8J6Cjn06kA> | Movie Trailer on the Web |
Miles, Betty. Liner notes. Reds. Dir. Warren Beatty. Perf. Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Gene Hackman, and Maureen Stapleton. 1981. Paramount, 2006. DVD. | DVD Liner Notes |
Pfeiffer, Michelle. Audio Commentary. Grease 2. Dir. Patricia Birch. Perf. Pfeiffer, Adrian Zmed, Maxwell Caulfield, Lorna Luft, and Maureen Teefy. 1982. Paramount, 2003. DVD. | DVD commentary |
Troxel, Esmé P., Dir. From Fowl to Film: Making Turducken. Ulysses/Onasis Productions, 2012. Turducken the Film. Dir. Lance Alton Troxel. Perf. Chris Foraker, Shealynn Swift, Billy Reed, and Amy Callahan. Affinito Films, 2013. DVD. | "Making of" Documentary on a DVD |
Athar, Sohaib (ReallyVirtual). “Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event).” 1 May 2011, 3:58 p.m. Tweet. |