Chicago Style Citation Video Documentary

List the name of the director in this format.

Chicago style citation video documentary. Title of film year example. Vhs dvd laser disc along with a period. Do your best to adapt a known structure in chicago style and make it work for the information you feel is important to your research. A portion of a video is cited as a chapter of a book using chapter numbers that are provided if the medium is dvd.

The procedure for citing documentary films within the text and your reference page at the end of your paper. Year of publication directed by director name. A full template and example to help you write a citation for a dvd video or film in the chicago manual of style 16th edition note style. Citing a documentary as a note.

To see a side by side comparison of the three most widely used citation styles including a chart. Create your citations reference lists and bibliographies automatically using the apa mla chicago or harvard referencing styles. This should appear in this format. List the name of the film in italics followed by a comma.

List the original year of release the city and state of distribution studio or distributor and the year in which the documentary was released on video. Directed by john doe. Include the medium of the copy of the film you viewed e g. Date of original release.

This guide provides information and examples citation footnote bibliography and formatting to help you cite your sources in chicago style. Citing sources gives credit to the author s whose work you used to support your research. Write a director s name in normal order do not list reverse the first and last names. General model for citing film television and other recorded media in chicago style the order of the elements listed and whether or not they will be included depends not only on the nature of the source but also whether a part or the whole source is cited and whether a particular contributor is the focus of the citation.

Please note that although these resources reflect the most recent updates in the the chicago manual of style 17 th edition concerning documentation practices you can review a full list of updates concerning usage technology professional practice etc. When writing research papers your sources are not limited to scholarly books and journal articles. Include the text directed by and then list out the names of any directors. See cmos 14 267 and turabian 17 10 3 3 and 19 10 3 3 for more examples and information about adapting citations for multimedia.