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Chicago Style (Author/Date)

Movie or Film

Streaming‎

Director Last name, First name, dir. Original Release Date. Film Title. City, State or Country: Studio/Distributor Name. URL.

Example Streaming Film:

Zhao, Chloé, dir. 2020. Nomadland. Century City, CA: Searchlight Pictures. https://www.hulu.com/movie/nomadland. 

  • In-text paraphrase: (Zhao 2020).
  • In-text quote: (Zhao 2020, 14:38).

Recording/DVD

Director Last name, First name, dir. Original Release Date. Film Title. City, State or Country: Studio/Distributor Name, Release Year of Medium Used. Medium or URL.

Example:

George, Terry, dir. 2004. Hotel Rwanda. Beverly Hills, CA: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment, 2005. DVD.

  • In-text paraphrase: (George 2004).
  • In-text quote: (George 2004, 1:32).

Television

Streaming‎

Director Last Name, First name, dir. Year aired. TV Show Title. Season number, episode number, "Episode Title." Aired Month Day, Year, on Network. City, State: Distributor Name. URL.

Example:

Gillum, Vern, dir. 2002. Firefly. Season 1, episode 4, "Shindig." Aired November 1, 2002, on Fox. https://www.amazon.com/Firefly-Season-1/dp/B000H4TX9I. 

  • In-text paraphrase: (Gillum 2002).
  • In-text quote: (Gillum 2002, 20:32).

Recording/DVD

Director Last Name, First name, dir. Year aired. TV Show Title. Season number, episode number, "Episode Title." Aired Month Day, Year, on Network. City, State: Distributor Name, Release year of medium used. Medium or URL.

Example:

Archer, Wes, dir. 1995. The Simpsons. Season 7, episode 4, "Bart Sells His Soul." Aired October 8, 1995, on Fox. Los Angeles, CA: 20th Century Fox, 2005. DVD.

  • In-text paraphrase: (Archer 1995).
  • In-text quote: (Archer 1995, 12:02).

Online Video

Presenter Last name, First name. Year. "Video Title." Filmed or Posted Month Day, Year in City, State or Country. Platform Name or Website Name, length of video. URL. 

YouTube

Last name, First Name. Year. "Title of YouTube Video." YouTube video, length. Posted Month Day, Year. URL. 

Example:

CrashCourse. 2012. "Buddha and Ashoka: Crash Course World History #6." YouTube video, 12:16. Posted March 1, 2012.  https://youtu.be/8Nn5uqE3C9w.

  • In-text paraphrase: (CrashCourse 2012).
  • In-text quote: (CrashCourse 2021, 8:32).

TedTalk

Last name, First name. Year. "Title of Ted Talk." Filmed Month Year in Location. Ted talk, length. URL.

 Example:

Miksons, Artūrs. 2018. "The Benefits of Expressing Your Emotions (Constructively)." Filmed November 2018 in Riga, Latvia. Ted talk, 15:31. https://www.ted.com/talks/arturs_miksons_the_benefits_of_expressing_your_emotions_constructively. 

  • In-text paraphrase: (Miksons 2018).
  • In-text quote: (Miksons 2018, 12:05).