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MLA 9 Citation Format: Movies, Videos, and Television Shows

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Abbreviating Months

In your works cited list, abbreviate months as follows: 

January = Jan.
February = Feb.
March = Mar.
April = Apr.
May = May
June = June
July = July
August = Aug.
September = Sept.
October = Oct.
November = Nov.
December = Dec.

Spell out months fully in the body of your paper. 

Important/Helpful links

YouTube Video

Works Cited: Last Name, First Name of video creator or Username of Creator. "Title of Video." Title of the Hosting Website, Day Month Year of Publication, URL of video. Accessed Day Month Year video was viewed.

Example: Sethi, Ramit. "How to Write a Winning Resume, With Ramit Sethi."YouTube, 23 June 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0fjkKCsM1w. Accessed 28 June 2016.

Intext Citation:  (Last Name of Video Creator)

Example:  (Sethi)

 Note: Because videos do not have page numbers, paragraph numbers or section headings, this information is left out of the in-text citation.

UNKNOWN AUTHOR

Works Cited: "Title of Video." Title of the Hosting Website, uploaded by, Day Month Year of Publication, URL of video. Accessed Day Month Year video was viewed.

Example: "My Child is a Monkey." YouTube, uploaded by Barcroft TV, 14 Oct. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTY9pWETrhA&t=571s. Accessed 28 Aug. 2017.

Intext Citation: ("Title of Video")

Example: ("My Child is a Monkey")

Note: Because videos do not have page numbers, paragraph numbers or section headings, this information is left out of in-text citation.

DVD or Film

Works Cited: Title of Movie. Director's Name. Performers Names. Production Company, Year of Release. 

Example: The Usual Suspects. Directed by Bryan Singer. Performances by Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin, and Benicio Del Toro. Polygram, 1995. 

Note: If you are writing about a film or television series without focusing on an individual's contribution, begin with the title.                                          You can include information about the director and other key participants in the position of other contributors.

Note: Exclude the list of performers if not relevant such as when you would cite a documentary. 

Intext Citation:     (Title of Movie)

Example: (The Usual Suspects)

Note: The title of the film is in italics in the in-text citation because that is how it appears in the Works Cited List Example.

Note: Because DVD's do not have page numbers this information is left out of the in-text citation

Television Episodes

Work Cited:  "Title of Episode." Title of TV Series, Contributors Name(s), season, episode,  Production Company, Year of Release.

        Example: "Hush." Buffy the Vampire Slayer, created by Joss Whedon, season 5, episode 10, Mutant Enemy / WB Television                                                             Network, 14 Dec. 1999. 

In-Text Citation: ("Title of Episode" Start Time of Relevant Section-End Time of Section)

      Example: (“Hush” 00:03:16-17)

 

Work Cited:  "Title of Episode."Title of TV Series, Contributors Name(s), season, episode, Production Company, Year of Release. Name of Streaming Website. URL.

Example: "I, Borg."Star  Trek: The next Generation, season 5, episode 23, Paramount Pictures,1992. Netflix. www.netflix.com.

In-Text Citation: 

Example: (“I, Borg” 00:23:13)

 

Work Cited:  "Title of Episode." Year Aired. Title of TV Series, Contributors Name(s), season, episode,  Production Company, Year of                                                                 Release. disc #. Format.

        Example: "Hush."1999. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Fourth Season, created by Joss Whedon, episode  10, Mutant                                                         Enemy/ Twentieth Century Fox, 2003, disc 3. DVD

In-Text Citation: ("Title of Episode" Start Time of Relevant Section-End Time of Section)

      Example: (“Hush” 00:03:16-17)