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MLA Citation: Images, Videos, PowerPoint, Music ...

Audiovisual media

  • Author: if the author of the web page is a corporate author (corporation, association, public institution, etc.), then OMIT the author element to avoid redundancy; give the institution's name only in the publisher slot (see BC Ferries example). However, if the web site name is basically the same as the author and the publisher, then omit both the author and the publisher
  • Title: if there is no title, create one in regular script (as in the Tugnoli example)
  • Optional: you may add a descriptive label at the end of the citation, for example Infographic (as in the BC Ferries example

IMAGES IN PRINT SOURCES (books, etc.)

Refer to the image in the text, e.g. like this:

Just like cemeteries, trees lend themselves to create the feeling of eeriness, especially when a grey colour palette is used. Painting Ghosts in a Tree by Franz Sedlacek is one such example  (Spindler and Strohhammer, fig. 5, p. 75).

The works cited list entry would be for the book as usual:

Spindler, Gabriele, and Andreas Strohhammer. Franz Sedlacek: 1891-1945: Monografie mit Verzeichnis der Gemälde. Brandstätter, 2011. 

 

IMAGES FOUND ON A WEB PAGE

Author last name, full given name(s). Title of Photograph/Image. Web Site, Publisher if different from Web Site, Date (if available), URL. 

Carr, Emily. Old Boat House Swan Lake. MOA, Museum of Anthropology, collection-online.moa.ubc.ca/search/item?person%5B0%5D=460&row=7&tab=media.

Hicker, Rolf. Moss Rain Forest. CanadaPhotos.Info, 2011, www.canadaphotos.info/picture/moss-rain-forest-378.htm.

Tugnoli, Lorenzo. Photograph Series of the Tragic Famine in Yemen. The Pulitzer Prizes, 2019, www.pulitzer.org/winners/lorenzo-tugnoli-washington-post.

Ferries for the Next Generation. BC Ferries, British Columbia Ferry Services, rev. 7 Aug. 2019, www.bcferriesprojects.ca/nextgen?redir=301​. Infographic.

 

IMAGES FROM A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION IN CLASS

If the instructor created the image with the title Boo, use this format: 

Bright, Gillian. "Boo!" ENGL 1202: Ghost Stories, 25 Feb. 2020, Kwantlen Polytechnic U, Surrey. Slide 2. 

If the instructor uses an image by someone else (in this case Sedlacek), use this format: 

Sedlacek, Franz. Painting Ghosts in the Tree. 1933. ENGL 1202: Ghost Stories, taught by Gillian Bright, 25 Feb. 2020, Kwantlen Polytechnic U, Surrey. Slide 3. 

In text citation:  (Carr) ... (Hicker) ... (Tugnoli) ...  (Ferries) ...  (Bright) ... (Sedlacek) 

 

IMAGES FROM A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON MOODLE

Cite an image from a slide presentation on the web the same way you would cite an image on a web page. Indicate the slide number either in the optional-element slot at the end of the entry or in a parenthetical citation in your text 

 

Author last name, full given name(s). Title of Photograph/Image. Web Site, Publisher if different from Web Site, Date (if available), URL. Slide #.

Rojas-Primus, Constanza. Comida Chilena. Moodle, 18 Jan. 2022, courses.moodle.kpu.ca. Slide 2.

  • These works include films watched in a movie theatre, on YouTube, through a KPU database, and through Netflix (or other streaming services). 
  • Title: if it is a STANDALONE work (like a whole movie), then italicize; otherwise put in "quotation marks"
  • For the in-text citation include the timestamp (hour:minute:second)

MOVIES (THEATRE OR DVD)

Title. Directed by given names last name, other contributors if relevant, distribution company, date.

Wings of Desire. Directed by Wim Wenders, MGM Home Entertainment, 2003.

 

MOVIES AND VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE

Title. Platform, uploaded by name, date, URL. 

Wings of Desire. YouTube, uploaded by YouTubeMovies, 28 Dec. 2018, www.youtu.be/RrZsOEKqU18. Preview.

"Things About Canada the Rest of the World Finds Weird." YouTube, uploaded by Top Tenz, 4 July 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLsRDovWvbc.

 

MOVIES FROM A KPU DATABASE OR STREAMING SERVICE (Netflix, Amazon Prime ...)

Title. Directed by given names last name, other contributors if relevant, Publisher/Production Company, date. Database name/Name of Streaming Service, URL. 

Mabel. Directed by Teresa McInnes, NFB, 2016. National Film Board of Canada, www.nfb.ca/film/mabel/.

Coraline. Directed by Henry Selick, Laika, 2009. Netflix, www.netflix.com/ca/.

 

In text citation: ... (Wings 1:08:25-1:10:30) ...("Things About Canada") ... (Mabel 5:28-5:50) ... (Coraline 38:00)

  • These works include series watched on TV, on YouTube, on Netflix (or another online streaming service) and on DVD.
  • For the in-text citation include the timestamp (hour:minute:second)

TV SERIES (watched on TV)

Title. Directed by given names last name, series/season #, episode #, TV network publisher, date.

"Episode 7." Call the Midwife. Created by Heidi Thomas, directed by Syd Macartney, series 9, episode 7, BBC, 16 Feb. 2020. 

 

TV SERIES (watched on YouTube)

"Title." Platform, uploaded by name, date, URL. 

"Call the Midwife S09E07." YouTube, uploaded by sze sze ng, 16 Feb, 2020, www.youtu.be/9zFGwwGe80w. 

 

TV SERIES (watched on Netflix)

"Title." Series Name. Create by name, directed by name, series #, episode #, date. Platform, URL. 

"Episode 1." Call the Midwife. Created by Heidi Thomas, directed by Syd Macartney, series 7, 21 Jan. 2018. Netflix, www.netflix.com/ca/.

 

TV SERIES (watched on a DVD)

"Title." Series Name. Create by name, directed by name, publisher/distributor, date, disc #.

"Episode 1." Call the Midwife: Season Seven. Created by Heidi Thomas, directed by Syd Macartney, BBC, 2018, disc 1.

 

In text citation: ... ("Episode 7" 8:25-10:30) ...("Call the Midwife" 23:05-25:10) ...("Episode 1" 15:05-18:25)

  • These works include in person presentation and presentations on your course web site

POWERPOINT PRESENTED IN CLASS

Presenter last name, full given name(s). Title of Presentation OR Title of Course. Date, Location. PowerPoint.

Koskinen, Paivi. LING 1300: Languages of the World, 22 Jan. 2020, Kwantlen Polytechnic U, Surrey. PowerPoint.

 

In text citation: ... (Koskinen Slide 5) 

 

POWERPOINT POSTED ON YOUR COURSE WEBSITE

Presenter last name, full given name(s) if available. Title of Presentation. Website Name, uploaded by ..., Date, URL. PowerPoint.

Koskinen, Paivi. European Languages. Moodle, uploaded by Koskinen, 20 Oct. 2021, courses.kpu.ca/. PowerPoint. 

 

In text citation: ... (Koskinen Slide 5) 

 

  • These works include songs on CDs and from a streaming platform like SoundCloud

 

Blake, Noman. "You Are My Sunshine." O Brother Where Art Thou?, written by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell, Mercury, 2 Apr. 2002. 

Good for Grapes. "Skipping Stone." Man on the Page. SoundCloud, soundcloud.com/good-for-grapes/skipping-stone. 

 

In text citation: ... (Good for Grapes 1:30-1:50) ... (Blake 0:50-1:05)

 

 

  • These works include Podcasts available online
 

 

Fadel, Leila, host. "Residents in an Alaska Village Try to Outrun the Effects of Climate Change." Morning Edition, 7 Oct. 2022. NPR, https://www.npr.org/2022/10/07/1127400863/residents-in-an-alaska-village-try-to-outrun-the-effects-of-climate-change.

 

In text citation: ... (Fadel 1:30-1:50)