Video or film (studio production)
In-text citations
Paraphrasing
Marty McFly walked towards the car when suddenly … (Zemeckis, Gale & Spielberg 1985).
Direct quote
Place direct quotes between single quotation marks ' ' and provide the year and a timestamp to indicate the exact starting point of the quote.
'Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me that you built a time machine… out of a DeLorean?' (Zemeckis, Gale & Spielberg 1985, min. 10.06).
Reference list
Template
Title Year, form, Distributor/Studio, Country, credits and other information.
Examples
Film
Back to the future 1985, motion picture, Universal Pictures, United States, R Zemeckis (writer/director), R Gale (writer) & S Spielberg.
DVD/Blu-ray release
Man of steel 2013, Blu-ray, Warner Bros., United States, Z Snyder (director) & DS Goyer (writer).
DVD/Blu-ray reissue
Vertigo 2003, DVD, Universal Home Entertainment; Paramount, 1958, United States, A Hitchcock (producer/director).
Online
Argo 2012, video file, B Affleck (director), C Terrio (writer) & G Clooney (producer), available from http://store.apple.com/au
Notes on style
- Give title in italics. Add form of version accessed (no italics). If re-issued, add studio and year of original release.
- Give place and name of studio or, if accessed online, give URL of site where accessed.
- Use ‘Available from’ instead of ‘viewed’ if accessible only via subscription or paywall.
- Give primary contributors (e.g., director, writer, producer, and/or starring actors) and their roles if the information is useful. Examples above show various roles to illustrate options.