Video, film (studio production)

In-text citations

Marty McFly is a wonderful film character … (Back to the Future).

Place direct quotes between double quotation marks " " and provide a timestamp with hours, minutes and seconds.

"Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me that you built a time machine… out of a DeLorean?" (Back to the Future 00:29:06-07).

Title of Film. Directed by director's name/s, performances by performer names [if relevant], Film Studio/ Distributor, Release year.

Back to the Future. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, performances by Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd, Universal Pictures, 1985.

Othello. Directed by Stuart Burge, Japanese subtitles by Shunji Shimizu, BHE Films, 1965.

Man of Steel. Directed by Zach Snyder, Warner Bros, 2013. DVD.

Blade Runner. 1982. Directed by Ridley Scott, Director’s cut, Warner Bros., 1992. DVD.

In case the film version is different from the original (e.g. director's cut), include date of release (e.g. 1982 in the first example above) and date of version (e.g. 1992 in the first example above).
If version information is not available, omit that portion of the citation.

Argo. Directed by Ben Affleck Warner Bros, 2012. Apple iTunes app.

Give title (italics), role and name of primary contributor (e.g., director or writer), studio and year of release. (Various roles have been added to the examples above to show options.)
Generally list film directors as key contributors in the Contributor element.
However, a director can be listed in the Author element if their role is the focus of your discussion. Invert their name and follow their name with a label (eg director) preceded by a comma.
Include the names of actors as contributors if their performances are the focus of your discussion.