MLA documentation for a film?

Question

I've always used books or internet sources for research information, but could someone give me the correct documentation when using videos or documentaries as sources? Thank you.

Answer 1

I think this is correct


Include the following elements in the following order.

Video or Film Title (underlined; alternatively, italics)

Series Title (in parentheses, underlined; alternatively, in italics)

Director/Filmmaker OR Personal Producer OR Corporate/Institutional Producer.

Key Actors or other Key Performers.

Version, release, or other distinguishing information, if appropriate

Format. (e.g. Film, Video, DVD, Videodisc, etc. Note: indicate the format you watched, NOT the format of the original work).

Studio Name OR Production Company OR Distributor.

Original Production/Release Date. (separated from the Studio/Production Company/Distributor by a comma)

Examples:

Citizen Kane. Dir. Orson Welles. Perfs. Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton. Film. RKO Radio Pictures, 1941.

À Bout de Souffle (Breathless). Dir. Jean-Luc Godard. Perfs. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Liliane David. Videocassette. Prod Georges de Beauregard-S.N.C., 1960; Dist. Connoisseur Video Collection, 1989.

Metropolis. Dir. Fritz Lang. Perfs. Gustav Frohlich, Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel. Reconstructed and adapted videocassette release; music by Giorgio Moroder. UFA, 1927; dist. Vestron Video, 1985.

"Making of the Mutuals" (supplmentary visual essay by Sam Gill). The Chaplin Mutuals. Volume 3. DVD. Prod. Blackhawk Films; dist. Image Entertainment, 1995.

Medicine at the Crossroads. Prod. 13/WNET and BBC TV. Videocassette. PBS Video, 1993.

Following Fidel (Portrait of the Caribbean, 6). Dir. Roger Mills. Videocassette. Prod. BBC Television. Dist. Ambrose Video, 1992.

America's Least Wanted . Prod. Rebecca Haggerty, Susan Levine, Jamie McClelland, Adele Rice and Jaime Yassin. Videocassette. Paper Tiger TV, 1995.

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/mla.html

OR
http://webster.comment.edu/mla/film.shtml

http://athena.uwindsor.ca/units/leddy/2002.nsf/HelpCitationsMLA?OpenForm#F04

(See details at these web sites for all other details of documentation and writing.)

For the Works Cited Page

Consumer Awareness: Supply, Demand, Competition, and Prices. Sound filmstrip. Prod. Visual Education. Maclean Hunter Learning Resources, 1981. (MLA) 85 fr. , 11 min.

The Mirror Has Two Faces. Dir. Barbara Streisand. Perf. Barbara Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Lauren Bacall, Mimi Rogers, Pierce Brosnan, George Segal. Tri-star, 1996.

Creation vs. Evolution: “Battle of the Classroom.” Videocassette. Dir. Ryall Wilson, PBS Video, 1982. 58 min.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

If you want the most up-to-date answer to your question go straight to the source; www.mla.org has the answers you need.

Answer 4

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/mla.html#film