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APA Citation Style 7th Edition: A. Motion Picture

About Citing

For each type of source in this guide, both the general form and an example will be provided.

The following format will be used:

In-Text Citation (Paraphrase) -entry that appears in the body of your paper when you express the ideas of a researcher or author using your own words.  For more tips on paraphrasing check out The OWL at Purdue.

In-Text Citation (Quotation) -entry that appears in the body of your paper after a direct quote.

References - entry that appears at the end of your paper.

Information on citing and several of the examples were drawn from theAPA Manual (6th ed.).

Motion Picture/Video Recording (p. 209)

General Format

 
      In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): 
      (Producer Surname & Director Surname, Year)
     
      In-Text Citation (Quotation):
      (Producer Surname & Director Surname, Year)
 
      References:
      Producer Surname, First Initial. Second Initial. (Producer), & Director Surname, First
            Initial. Second Initial. (Director). (Year). Title of movie [Format e.g. Motion picture
            or DVD]. Country where movie was produced: Name of Studio.
 
Example
 
 
       In-Text Citation (Paraphrase): 
      (Davidson & Davidson, 1999)
 
       In-Text Citation (Quotation):
      (Davidson & Davidson, 1999)
 
      References:
      Davidson, F. (Producer), & Davidson, J. (Director). (1999). B. F. Skinner: A fresh
            appraisal [Motion picture]. United States: Davidson Films.
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