MLA Style and Film
Hi all:
I'm using the export feature for MLA works cited / bibliography, and it seems that the format for Films is incorrect; currently it's shown as
Director Lastname, Director Firstname. Title. Distributor, Year.
It should be, according to all versions of the MLA Style Manual I've seen:
Title. Dir. Director, Perf. Performer 1, Performer 2, Performer 3. Distributor, Year.
Can the csl be updated for this? I'm a pop culture scholar (and a Zotero evangelist), so this would be great update.
I'm using the export feature for MLA works cited / bibliography, and it seems that the format for Films is incorrect; currently it's shown as
Director Lastname, Director Firstname. Title. Distributor, Year.
It should be, according to all versions of the MLA Style Manual I've seen:
Title. Dir. Director, Perf. Performer 1, Performer 2, Performer 3. Distributor, Year.
Can the csl be updated for this? I'm a pop culture scholar (and a Zotero evangelist), so this would be great update.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/10/
So it seems MLA allows for two ways to cite films, one if the film is the subject of the citation, and one if the director is.
If it were, the ticket would say "closed".
BTW. there is a style called Modern Language Association 2009 in the repository that more closely follows the most recent MLA guide.
http://www.zotero.org/styles/mla2009/dev?install=1
is the install link.
Note that the "Include URL of Paper Articles" option in the Style tab of the preferences needs to be enabled for this style to work correctly.
edit: If you decide to use the new MLA, please provide feedback here;
http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/7965/mla-200809-update/
I'd like this to replace the old one at some point, but it lacks testing.