Streaming from Subscription Service
Last name, First initial. (Producer or Director). (Year). Title [Video]. Title of website. URL
Cannon, K. (Director). (2021). Cinderella [Video]. Amazon Prime. https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/
B097YZNZTR/ref=atv_hm_hom_1_c_MCuJCb_brws_3_3
Motion Picture (If viewed in theater)
Last name, First initial. (Producer), & Last name, First initial. (Director). (Year). Title [Film]. Studio.
Koules, O. (Producer), & Spierig, P and Spierg, M (Directors). (2017). Jigsaw [Film]. Twisted Pictures.
Streaming a video from a website
Actual last name, first initial of poster if available [Screen name]. (Year, Month Day). Title [Video]. Site name. URL
Ven Flowers. (2013, Feb 3). 2013 SuperBowl XLVII Doritos goat 4 sale commercial [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=DoM6IhfY8No
For additional information on how to correctly cite film and television, please click here.
(Last name, year published).
(Venn Flowers, 2013).
Streaming
Title of Film or Video. Director, Film Studio or Distributor, Release Year. Name of Database or Streaming Platform, URL.
Lion. Directed by Garth Davis, 2016. Netflix, Full URL.
DVD, VHS, or in Theater
Film Title. Directed by Name of director, performances by Names of major performers, Distributor, Release Date.
Shrek. Directed by Andrew Adamson, performances by Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz, DreamWorks Studios, 2001.
Streaming
Entire Series:
Straczynski, J. Michael, creator. Jeremiah, season 1, MGM, 2002. Amazon Prime, https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/
B000JEZ7K0/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s1.
Episode:
"Title of Episode." Name of Show, season number, episode number, Film Studio or Distributor, Release date. Name of Database or
Streaming Platform, URL.
Please note: If you are citing multiple episodes within a season, then follow the same guidelines as you would for multiple works from an anthology.
"Into You Like a Train." Grey's Anatomy, season 2, episode 6, ABC, 30 Oct. 2005. Netflix, www.netflix.com/watch/70158914.
Web
Cite as a work from a Web site, with the title of the video in quotation marks.
Flower, Ven. "2013 SuperBowl XLVII Doritos goat 4 sale commercial." Youtube, Feb 3, 2016.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoM6IhfY8No.
Television Viewed Live
"Title of Episode." Program Title, narrated by Narrator Name, Network, Broadcast Date.
"Winter is Coming." Game of Thrones, narrated by David Bennioff, HBO, 17, April, 2011.
Television Viewed on Web
"Title of Episode." Program Title, narrated by Narrator Name, Season and Episode Number, Publisher, Date of Posting, URL.
"Finals 1." American Ninja Warrior, narrated by Matt Iseman, season 12, episode 7, NBC, 28 October 2020,
https://www.nbc.com/american-ninja-warrior/video/finals-1/4254196.
Use the first word in the citation, formatted as it is in the Works Cited citation, followed by start time of relevant Section-end time of section for web based or media recorded versions of videos.
("Finals 1" 24:45-27:19)
Bibliography:
Film: Title of Film. Directed by Director's Name. City, State of Studio: Studio/Distributor, Release Year. Medium (or on Streaming Service followed by URL).
Example: Othello. Directed by Oliver Parker. Culver City, CA: Columbia, 1995. DVD.
Television Program: Last name, First name of Director, dir. Title of Program. season number, episode number, “Episode Title.” Original air date on Network Name or Streaming Service. URL.
Example: Morano, Reed, dir. The Handmaid's Tale. season 1, episode 1, "Offred." April 26, 2017 on Hulu.
https://www.hulu.com/watch/671f8878-bdba-40bd-ae6d-f85c55cecbb4.
Footnote:
Film: Title of Film, Directed by Director's Name (City, State of Studio: Studio/Distributor, Release Year), Medium (or on Streaming Service followed by URL).
Shortened version: Shortened Title of Film, Directed by Director's Name.
Example: Othello, Directed by OIiver Parker (Culver City, CA: Columbia, 1995), DVD.
Othello, Directed by Oliver Parker.
Television Program: Last name, First name of Director, dir, Title of Program, Season number, episode number, “Episode Title,” Original air date on Network Name or Streaming Service, URL.
Shortened version: Last name, First name of Director, dir, Title of Program, “Episode Title,” URL.
Example: Morano, Reed, dir, The Handmaid's Tale, season 1, episode 1, "Offred," April 26, 2017 on Hulu, https://www.hulu.com/watch/671f8878-bdba-40bd-ae6d-f85c55cecbb4.
Morano, Reed, dir, The Handmaid's Tale, "Offred," https://www.hulu.com/watch/671f8878-bdba-40bd-ae6d-f85c55cecbb4.
Bibliography: Last name, First name of creator/poster. "Title of Video." Title of Channel, Date of Posting. URL.
Example: TED-Ed. "Insults by Shakespeare." TED-Ed, May 4, 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=vdCjKH5IKJ8&list=PLSlwyEqbxTu5gWerTOxJSqAN_T_E8ii1q&index=7.
Footnote: First and last name of creator/poster, "Title of Video," Title of Channel, Date of Posting, URL.
Shortened version: Last name of creator/poster, "Shortened Title of Video," URL.
Example: TED-Ed, "Insults by Shakespeare," TED-Ed, May 4, 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdCjKH5IKJ8&list=PLSlwyEqbxTu5gWerTOxJSqAN_T_E8ii1q&index=7.
TED-Ed, "Insults," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdCjKH5IKJ8&list=PLSlwyEqbxTu5gWerTOxJSqAN_T_E8ii1q&index=7.