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APA Referencing Guide 7th Edition: Film & Television

A guide to help users create citations using APA (American Psychological Association) style, 7th edition

Film

General Format:

      In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): 

      (Director Surname, Year)

      In-Text Citation (Quotation):    (Director Surname, Year)

 Example:

Director Surname, First Initial. Second Initial. (Director). (Year). Title of the movie [Format e.g. Film or DVD with commentary]. Name of Studio.

Example 1

       In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):   (Davidson, 1999)

       In-Text Citation (Quotation):     (Davidson, 1999)

       Davidson, J. (Director). (1999). B. F. Skinner: A fresh appraisal [Film]. Davidson Films.

Example 2

 

General Format: 

Director, A. A. (Director). (Year). Title of film [Film]. Production Company.

Example: 

Butler, O. (Director). (2015). The departed [Film]. Walnut Creek.  

 Reference Source:  APA 7th Ed Manual Made Easy: Full concise Guide Simplified for Students). p68

Film (Foreign Language)

General Format:

Director, A. A. (Director). (Year). Title of film in original language [Translated title of film] [Film]. Production Company.  

Example:

Kelly, N. K. (Director). (2006). Le mépris [Contempt] [Film]. Encanto Productions. 

 Reference Source:  APA 7th Ed Manual Made Easy: Full concise Guide Simplified for Students). p68

TV Series

General Format:

      In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):      (Executive Producer Surname, Year)

      In-Text Citation (Quotation):        (Executive Producer Surname, Year)

Executive Producer Surname, First Initial. Second Initial. (Executive Producer). (Year-Year). Title of the series [Format e.g. TV series or DVD with commentary]. Production Company.

Example 1 

Richardson, B. (Executive Producer). (2018-Present). Life on Mars [TV series]. Warner Bros. Pictures.

Example 2

       In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):     (Simon et al., 2002-2008)

       In-Text Citation (Quotation):       (Simon et al., 2002-2008)

Simon, D., Colesberry, R.F., & Kostroff Noble, N. (Executive Producers). (2002-2008). The wire [TV series]. Blown Deadline Productions; HBO.

 Reference Source:  APA 7th Ed Manual Made Easy: Full concise Guide Simplified for Students). p68

TV Series Episode

General Format:

Writer, A. A. (Writer), & Director, A. A. (Director). (Year, Month Day). Title of episode (Season #, Episode #) [TV series episode]. In A. A. Executive Producer (Executive Producer), Series title. Production Company. 

Example: 

Rodriguez, S.T. (Writer), & Allen, N.V. (Director). (2016, October 3). The mighty Boosh (Season 3, Episode 6 [TV series episode]. In A. Wright & G, Wilson (Executive Producers), The shadow line. Lemonlight. 

 Reference Source:  APA 7th Ed Manual Made Easy: Full concise Guide Simplified for Students). p68