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COM 244 Script and Screenwriting

Film-Related Citations in APA

APA Manual (7th Edition)

 

Please keep in mind that the ellipses in When Harry Met Sally . . . is part of the official title.

Screenplay (same as a book)

Screenwriter's Last Name, Initials. (Year). Screenplay title. Publisher.

Ephron, N. (1990). When Harry met Sally. . . Knopf.

Film

Director's Last Name, Initials (Director). (Year). Film title [Film]. Film Production Company.

Reiner, R. (Director). (1989). When Harry met Sally . . . [Film]. Warner Brothers.

Film Review

(this one was found via our New York Times Historical Database)

Review Author Last Name, Initial. (Year, Month Date). Review title [Review of the film Film Title, by Initial. Last Name of Director] Publication. url

James, C. (1989, July 12). It's Harry [loves] Sally in a romance of New Yorkers and neuroses [Review of the film When Harry met Sally . . ., by R. Reiner]. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/12/movies/review-film-it-s-harry-loves-sally-in-a-romance-of-new-yorkers-and-neuroses.html

Book Chapter (edited volume with different writers of each chapter)

Chapter Author Last Name, Initial. (Year). Chapter title. In Editor's initial and Last Name (Ed.), Book title in italics (pp. - pp.). Publisher.

Mason, P. (2016). Relocating Hollywood's prison film discourse. In P. Mason (Ed.), Captured by the media: prison discourse in popular culture (pp. 191 - 209). Willan.

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Online APA Citation Examples

Selected APA References Examples

APA Manual (7th Edition)

 

Print Book

Author's Last Name, Initials. (Year). Book title. Publisher.

Roach, M. (2010). Packing for Mars: The curious science of life in the void. W. W. Norton.

 

Journal Article

Author’s Last Name, Initials. (Year). Article title. Journal Title, volume(issue), page-range. URL

Okon, E., & Sudarsky, D. (2018). Losing stuff down a black hole. Foundations of Physics, 48(4), 411-428. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-018-0154-3

 

Webpage

Author’s Last Name, Initials. (Year, Month Day). Page title. Name of Website. URL

Howell, E. (2018, March 30). Exoplanets: Worlds beyond our solar system. Space.com. https://www.space.com/17738-exoplanets.html

 

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