Chicago Style Guide: References: Audio and Video

The rules for citing audiovisual materials in Chicago style are somewhat loose.  Use the examples below as guides, but to some extent it's up to the writer to choose what is most important and what to emphasize.  As many of the following elements as are possible or practical should be included, in this order:

• Name of composer, writer, performer, or person primarily responsible for the content.  Include descriptions such as vocalist, director, etc. as appropriate.
• Year of publication.
• The title of the work, in italics or quotation marks as appropriate (generally speaking, quotation marks for a piece of a whole, italics for a complete work)
• Information about the work such as names of other contributors, date, and location of performance.
• Information about the publisher, particularly date of publication.
• Information about the format of the media: DVD, LP, CD, AVI, etc.  Other information such as the number of discs in the album and the duration of the recording may also be given as appropriate.
• Any additional relevant information.
• A URL if the media was retrieved online.

A film or element of a film:

Hitchcock, Alfred, director.  1959.  North by Northwest.  Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers Pictures, 2000, DVD.

Grant, Cary, performer. 1959. "Crop Duster Attack," North by Northwest, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.  Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers Pictures, 2000, DVD.

Cleese, John, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. 2001.  "Commentaries." Disc 2.  Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), special ed. DVD.  Directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones.  Culver City, CA: Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment.

Television show:

Mayberry, Russ, director. 1971.  "Her Sister's Shadow," season 3, episode 10.  The Brady Bunch.  Aired November 19, 1971, on ABC.  https://www.hulu.com/series/the-brady-bunch/

Online video:

Leane, Elizabeth. 2018.  "The Dangerous Race for the South Pole."  Directed by WOW-HOW Studio.  TED video, 4:31, https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_leane_the_dangerous_race_for_the_south_pole

Sound recording:

Coolidge, Calvin. 1920. "Equal Rights" (speech).  In "American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election, 1918 - 1920."  Library of Congress.  Copy of an undated 78rpm disc, RealAudio format, 3:45.  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/nfhtml/ .

Holiday, Billie, vocalist. 1958.  "I'm a Fool to Want You." By Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, and Jack Wolf. Recorded Feb. 20, 1958, with Ray Ellis.  Track 1 on Lady in Satin.  Columbia CL 1157.

Pink Floyd.  1970.  Atom Heart Mother.  Capitol CDP 7 46381 2, 1990, CD.

Podcast:

McElroy, Justin, and Sydnee McElroy.  2018. "Jilly Juice."  November 9, 2018 in Sawbones Podcast.   http://www.maximumfun.org/sawbones/sawbones-jilly-juice

Live performances, such as unrecorded lectures, speeches, or plays, cannot be consulted by the reader and therefore are not included in the reference list.  Simply describe the performance in the body of the paper, including the important details such as place and time.