A Short Guide to Writing about Film
Both an introduction to film study and a practical writing guide, this brief text introduces students to major film theories as well as film terminology, enabling them to write more thoughtfully and critically. With numerous student and professional examples, this engaging and practical guide progresses from taking notes and writing first drafts to creating polished essays and comprehensive research projects. Moving from movie reviews to theoretical and critical essays, the text demonstrates how an analysis of a film can become more subtle and rigorous as part of a compositional process.
Many research databases offer "cite this item" features, which generate citations in the most popular styles (MLA, APA, etc.) for any source that you find. You can then copy-paste these directly into your papers.
WARNING: Be sure to double-check these citations against the rules for proper style, since they are NOT always accurate.
This software program allows you to import citations from our research databases and then easily create in-text citations and bibliographies in your research papers, in the style of your choosing (MLA, APA, Turabian, etc.).
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The 16th edition (2010) of the Chicago Manual of Style is the most current edition in use, and features two style formats: Author/Date and Notes/Bibliography. Be sure to pick one style and use it consistently throughout your paper.
The Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.)
Notes/Bibliography
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Works of art reproduced in a printed source (treat as book chapter) Artist’s last name, first name. "Title of art work," medium, date Example: Cassatt, Mary. "Mother and Child," oil on canvas, c.1890 (Wichita Art Works of art reproduced in electronic source Artist’s last name, first name. Title of art work, medium, date of art Example: Monet, Claude. Meadow with Haystacks at Giverny, oil on canvas, |
Notes/Bibliography
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Image from a library subscription database: Bibliography |
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Hoshiko, Eugene. "China Rain." Photograph. 1999. AP Images, ID99062401980. Notes Eugene Hoshiko, "China Rain," photograph, 1999, AP Images, ID99062401980.
Image from an online database:
Bibliogrpahy Currier & Ives. "Gray Eagle." Lithograph. ca. 1866. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog, http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2006676682/ (accessed September 25, 2010). Notes Currier & Ives, "Gray Eagle," lithograph, ca. 1866, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog, http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ 2006676682/ (accessed September 25, 2010).
Image from a website:
Bibliography Wilma, David. "El Centro de la Raza, Beacon Hill, Seattle." Photograph. 2001. HistoryLink.org, http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage= output.cfm&file_id=9186 (accessed September 25, 2010). Notes David Wilma, "El Centro de la Raza, Beacon Hill, Seattle," photograph, 2001,HistoryLink.org http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage =output.cfm&file_id=9186 (accessed September 25, 2010). |
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