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MLA Style Guide 9th Edition

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Film

 

Film

FILM, GENERAL

TEMPLATE:

Title of Film in Italics. Directed by First Last, Production Company, Date.

 

EXAMPLE:

Passchendaele. Directed by Paul Gross. Rhombus Media / Whizbang Films, 2008.

 

FILM, FOCUS ON DIRECTOR

TEMPLATE:

Last, First, director. Title of Film in Italics. Production Company, Date.

 

EXAMPLE:

Gross, Paul, director. Passchendaele. Rhombus Media / Whizbang Films, 2008.

There are different ways to format an in-text citation, depending on your writing style and sentence structure. In-text citations must correspond to the first element of the works cited entry. For videos, this will often be the title of the film, series, episode, etc. However, if your use of the film focuses on the director, it may be the director's last nameInclude timings as necessary.

Reference Information

Film:

Passchendaele. Directed by Paul Gross. Rhombus Media/Whizbang Films, 2008.

Focus on the director:

Gross, Paul, director. Passchendaele. Rhombus Media/Whizbang Films, 2008.

In-text Citation Guidelines

Examples                                                                                                           

 

Include the film title and relevant timings in brackets.

 

Consider this a sentence about the film (Passchendaele 00:47:01-39).   

 

Include the film title in your sentence and include relevant relevant timings in brackets.

 

In the film Passchendaele, consider this a sentence about the film (00:47:01-39).

 

If your use of the film focuses on the director, the works cited entry and in-text citations will begin with the director's last name.

 

In the film Passchendaele, consider this a sentence about the film (Gross).

OR

In his film Passchendaele, director Paul Gross consider this a sentence about the film (00:47:01-39). This paraphrased sentence refers to Gross again using his last name only, as the full name is only used for the first mention in prose (00:47:01-39).

Remember, in-text citation formatting may change depending on a number of factors.