Film bibliography

robky
Hi,

I'm trying to make Zotero to create proper Harvard style reference of films, but I couldn't make it so far. Could someone help me out, please?
  • damnation
    I'm sure one of the 128 styles that are called "Harvard" will have an output for films.
    https://www.zotero.org/styles?q=Harvard

    Apart from that, Harvard just means Author Date and we have many many hundreds of such styles on the repository. APA, an author date style, will certainly have a good output for films.
  • robky
    This is the format I need:

    Title of film (Year of release) [Format]. Directed by Director’s name. Place of distribution: Distribution company.
  • robky
    Could someone help me create a style with this format, please?
  • dstillman
    damnation explained above how to go about looking for appropriate styles.
  • robky
    You know, shutting down threads without giving the opportunity to respond is a pretty hostile move especially that it's impossible to reach you in private.

    The two threads are about two different topics.

    This one is about creating referencing based on an existing style.

    The other one was about creating a whole new style.

    Not the same thing.

    Although, he probably meant it right, Damnation's response wasn't helpful and no one else responded so I took a step further to try to create the style I need.
  • dstillman
    No, they were about the exact same issue. Everyone who would help you in that thread also read this thread, and creating multiple threads for the same issue is disrespectful of people's time and makes it harder for us to help you. That's why we ask people not to do it and close threads when they do.

    We understand you want a style that outputs film references in that format. That's not a style request — that's one item type, and you haven't provided any other details on what the style is for or where the guidelines come from. No one would or could create a style based on that one example. You can see Requesting CSL Styles to learn the process of requesting a new style, including the note about university and department styles generally not being created for free.

    Beyond that, damnation explained exactly how you can go about looking through the 1000+ unique author-date styles that Zotero supports to find a suitable style. I'm not sure why you're expecting someone to do that work for you.
  • robky
    I just told you how the two threads are different.

    I did not request a style from someone. I requested help with creating a style. A style that I create, not someone else.

    One would expect at an academic related forum people to be able to understand distinctions.

    Yes, exactly. It sounds way easier to create a style myself than going through 1000+ unique styles.



  • dstillman
    https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step
  • damnation
    Which style fits your bill so far?
    We use that to help you then make amendments. But at the moment you just said you'd want a certain output of which we surely have something on our repository.

    If you are more specific we can help more specifically, that's the issue.

    So, let tell us where you're at right now (what style you're currently using) and we take it from there.
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