MLA Citation Style 9th Edition: Videos

"Title of Video." Website Name, uploaded by Name of Uploader, Day Month Year Uploaded, URL.

Note: If the website name is the same as video uploader, you may leave out the "uploaded by" element from your citation.

Examples:

"Accent Expert Gives a Tour of North American Accents - (Part 3)." YouTube, uploaded by Wired, 25 Mar. 2021, youtu.be/Sw7pL7OkKEE.

"Daniil Trifonov - Chopin: Prelude No. 9 in E major (Official Video)." YouTube, uploaded by Deutsche Grammophon - DG, 22 Oct. 2014, youtu.be/MWZmw7qKjNM.

("Title of Video")

Examples: 

("Accent Expert")

("Daniil Trifonov")

Note: If the video has a long title, you may shorten it in your in-text citation by using the first word/phrase from the title.

Title of Video. Production Studio, Year. App Name app.

Examples:

Pan's Labyrinth. Warner Brothers, 2006. Netflix app.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Fox Searchlight, 2017. Crave app.

(Title of Video)

Note: If the video has a long title, you may shorten it in your in-text citation by using the first word/phrase from the title.

Examples: 

(Pan's Labyrinth)

(Three Billboards)

"Episode Title." Directed by First Name Last Name of Director. Title of Series, season number, episode number, Network, Day Month Year of Broadcast if given. App Name app. 

Example:

"The Hope That Kills You." Directed by MJ Delaney. Ted Lasso, season 2, episode 10, Apple TV+, 2 Oct. 2020. Apple TV app. 

("Title of Episode")

Note: If the video has a long title, you may shorten it in your in-text citation by using the first word/phrase from the title.

Example: ("The Hope")

Presenter's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Video." Website Name, uploaded by Name of Uploader, Day Month Year Uploaded, URL. Accessed Day Month Year viewed (optional, add if there is no upload/publication date).

Note: If the website name is the same as video uploader, you may leave out the "uploaded by" element from your citation.

Example:

Sarago, Sasha Kutabah. "The (De) Colonizing of Beauty." TED, Nov. 2020, www.ted.com/talks/sasha_sarago_the_de_colonizing_of_beauty.

(Last Name of Presenter)

Examples: 

(Sarago)

Presenter's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Video." Website Name, uploaded by Name of Uploader, Day Month Year Uploaded, URL. Accessed Day Month Year viewed (optional, add if there is no upload/publication date), Transcript.

Note: If the website name is the same as video uploader, you may leave out the "uploaded by" element from your citation.

Example:

Sarago, Sasha Kutabah. "The (De) Colonizing of Beauty." TED, Nov. 2020, www.ted.com/talks/sasha_sarago_the_de_colonizing_of_beauty. Transcript.

(Last Name of Presenter)

Examples: 

(Sarago)

"Episode Title." Directed by First Name Last Name of Director. Title of Series, season number, episode number, Network, Day Month Year of Broadcast if given. App Name app. 

Example:

"The Hope That Kills You." Directed by MJ Delaney. Ted Lasso, season 2, episode 10, Apple TV+, 2 Oct. 2020. Apple TV app. 

("Title of Episode")

Note: If the video has a long title, you may shorten it in your in-text citation by using the first word/phrase from the title.

Example: ("The Hope")

"Episode Title." Directed by First Name Last Name of Director. Title of Series, season number, episode number, Network, Day Month Year of Broadcast if given. Website Name, URL. 

Example:

"Let the Great World Spin." Directed by Andrew Bernstein. Ozark, season 4, episode 2, Netflix, 21 Jan. 2022. Netflix, https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/80117552. 

("Title of Episode")

Note: If the video has a long title, you may shorten it in your in-text citation by using the first word/phrase from the title.

Example: ("The Hope")

Title of Movie: Subtitle, if any. Directed by First Name Last Name of Director, Distribution Company, Year. 

Example:

Avatar: The Way of Water. Directed by James Cameron, 20th Century Studios, 2022.

(Title of Movie)

Note: If the video has a long title, you may shorten it in your in-text citation by using the first word/phrase from the title.

Example: (Avatar: The Way of Water)