MLA 7 Visual Guide - Films

1. Structure: Title. Dir. First M. Last and First M. Last. Perf . First M. Last, First M. Last , and First M. Last. Distributor, Year Published. Media Type. Main performers Citation: Little Miss Sunshine. Dir. Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris . Perf . Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell , Toni Collette, Paul Dano , Abigail Breslin , and Alan Arkin . Fox Searchlight, 2006. DVD. Title Much of the bibliographic data is found on the back of the DVD, including: Director(s) Distributor Y ear of release M edium *Note : If you would like to emphasize a contributor, you may put this information before the title. Film : Motion picture; a movie.

2. 2 Structure: Title . Dir. First M. Last. Perf . First M. Last, First M. Last, and First M. Last . Distributor, Year Published. Website Title . Web. Date Month Year Accessed. . Website Citation : What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. Dir. Lasse Hallstrom . Perf . Johnny Depp , Leonardo DiCaprio , and Juliette Lewis. Paramount, 1993 . Hulu . Web. 2 July 2010. Title Film Description Found on the Bottom of the Page Distributor Performers Film : Motion picture; a movie * Note: This citation is for a movie or film found online. Year of Release

3. Structure: Title . Dir. First M. Last. Prod. First M. Last. Distributor, Year Created. Website Title . Website Publisher, Date Month Year Published. Web . Date Month Year Accessed. Website Citation : Watermelon Baby. Prod. CrazyLaughAction . YouTube. Web. 22 July 2010. Video Title Contributor Film : Motion picture; a movie * Note: This citation is for a video clip found online. Date Published Distributor: None listed *Note : Because this video is only hosted on YouTube , but not created by the service, we do not have to include the website publisher or the date of electronic publication.