Audiovisual media

In-text citations

Format: Producer / Writer / Director, Year / Yearspan,

Example: (Fonda, 2005)

Example 2: (Gervais & Merchant, 2001-2003)

Example: (Radic, 2020, July 22)

Note: For online media, such as streaming video, the upload date should be added

In the reference list

Stand alone productions:

Format film: Director / Producer (Roles). (Year). Title of work in italics.[Description]. Production company.

Example: Avildsen, J.G. (Director). (1976). Rocky [Film]. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Format streaming video: Person/Group/Organisation [Nickname] (Year, date) Title in italics [Description] Platform. URL

Example: Radic, A. [Agadmator] (2020, July 22.) The Cheapo! || Anand vs Carlsen || Chess24 Legends of Chess (2020) [Video] Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qO-Wj9Wu6Q

Audiovisuals that are part of a greater whole, e.g. series:

Format series: Writer / Director / Producer (Roles). (Years). Title of series in italics  [Description]. Production company.

Example: Gervais, R. (Writer and Director), & Merchant, S. (Writer and Director). (2001-2003). The office [TV series]. BBC.

Format episode: Writer / Director / Producer (Roles). (Year, date). Title of the episode in italics (Season No. Episode No. ) [Description] In P.P. Producer (Executive producers) Title of series. Production company

Example: Martin, G.R.R. (Writer), & Nutter, D. (Director). (2013, January, 11.). The Rains of Castamere (Season 3, Episode 9) [TV series] In D. Benioff & D. B. Weiss (Executive producers) Game of Thrones. HBO.

Note:  You need to credit the uploader or the uploaders of a YouTube video as the author. This also applies even if the uploader didn’t produce the video themselves.
For audiovisual material such as YouTube videos, you need to cite with the pricise publishing date. That means you need to incluse the year, date and month: (2020, 15. January).

EndNote

Add as Online multimedia.

Fill inn the fields: Created by, Year, Title, Type of work, Distributor, Date Recorded, URL.

Zotero

Add as Video recording

Fill inn the fields: Title, Director, Format, Studio (add the website or platform), Date, URL

Merknad: Make sure that the date is formatted correctly (year, date. month). If the format doesn’t match, you can manually change it after you’ve disconnected your document from Zotero.

Checklist:


Did you remember to include the person or the group who uploaded the YouTube video? Did you include the entire publishing date? Remember to include square brackets with the source type [Video] after the title?

Test yourself!

You want to refer to a YouTube video with Lady Gaga and Elton John. The video is uploaded by the user Bane Knight: https://youtu.be/KAA_INzDGo How do you cite this video in your text?
Correct! Even if the performance is by famous singers, you need to cite the uploaders of the video.
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