LibGuides: FILM 3331: Queer Visions in Contemporary Film: Citing and Writing

General Information on Film Citation

Creating Citations in Film Studies

For general citation formatting the following two online sites offer useful templates:

Excelsior Online Writing Lab (OWL)
OWL has lots of general and subject-specific writing tips and techniques, along with research advice and detailed citation and formatting standards for the APA, MLA, and Chicago styles.
OWL (Purdue University Online Writing Lab)
Has detailed citation formatting and style advice for APA, Chicago, and MLA styles. It also includes general and subject specific writing advice, as well as tips on writing for a job search.

Citing Films

Film citations should include as much of the following information as you can find: title, director, distributor, year of release, and the format or medium on which you watched the film. For videos from websites such as YouTube, Instagram, Twitter or Vimeo, credit the person who posted the content. If a real name is provided, use it. If the real name of the person who posted the content is not known, use their user name.

Some examples from MLA Style Center

A Movie Viewed in Person
Opening Night. Directed by John Cassavetes, Faces Distribution, 1977.

A Movie Viewed Online
Richardson, Tony, director. Sanctuary. Screenplay by James Poe, Twentieth Century Fox, 1961. YouTube, uploaded by LostCinemaChannel, 17 July 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMnzFM_Sq8s.

A Television Show Viewed on Physical Media
“Hush.” 1999. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Fourth Season, created by Joss Whedon, episode 10, Mutant Enemy / Twentieth Century Fox, 2003, disc 3. DVD.

Writing About Art

The Craft of Research by Wayne C. Booth; Gregory G. Colomb; Joseph M. Williams; Joseph Bizup; William T. FitzGerald
ISBN: 9780226239569

Publication Date: 2016-10-19

This is a great book to refer to at any stage in the research process.
A Short Guide to Writing about Film by Timothy Corrigan
Call Number: Barnard PN1995 .C66 1998; Butler Stacks and Mistein Butler PN1995 .C66 1998

ISBN: 0321011104

Publication Date: 1997-09-09

1. Writing About the Movies. 2. Preparing to Watch and Preparing to Write. 3. Film Terms and Topics. 4. Six Approaches to Writing About Film. 5. Style and Structure in Writing. 6. Researching the Movies. 7. Manuscript Form.
Writing about Screen Media by Lisa Patti (Editor)
Call Number: ebook

ISBN: 9781351187053

Publication Date: 2019-07-30

Writing About Screen Media presents strategies for writing about a broad range of media objects - including film, television, social media, advertising, video games, mobile media, music videos, and digital media - in an equally broad range of formats. The book's case studies showcase media studies' geographical and industrial breadth, with essays covering topics as varied as: Brazilian telenovelas, K-pop music videos, Bombay cinema credit sequences, global streaming services, film festivals, archives, and more. With the expertise of over forty esteemed media scholars, the collection combines personal reflections about writing with practical advice. Writing About Screen Media reflects the diversity of screen media criticism and encourages both beginning and established writers to experiment with content and form. Through its unprecedented scope, this volume will engage not only those who may be writing about film and other screen media for the first time but also accomplished writers who are interested in exploring new screen media objects, new approaches to writing about media, and new formats for critical expression.

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