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How to Cite a DVD Using Harvard Style

Harvard-style citation sounds like a complicated way to make sure you are not plagiarizing another person's work, but in reality, it is straightforward. While Harvard style is based on the British Standards Institution, its most fundamental basis is being unambiguous and clear when referencing any work. Improvisation is encouraged if an exact example of citation cannot be found, as long as the basic structure is followed and the original author is credited.

Instructions

- 1
  Gather your information. This includes full title of the DVD, year and country of original release, director, film studio and any other relevant information.
- 2
  Parenthetical or in-text citations should be written as (Title, Year). If you use the name of the DVD in the text of a sentence, the citation should only include the year. For example:
  
  While telling the origin of the friendship between the mutants, the movie (X-Men 3, 2011) fails to create.......
  
  OR
  
  X-Men 3 (2011), while telling the origin of the friendship between.....
  
  Of course there is always room for interpretation in Harvard style, and Staffordshire University suggests parenthetical citations should be (Director. Year):
  
  X-Men 3 (Ratner. 2011), while telling the origin of the friendship between.....
- 3
  There are different schools of thought on how to create the reference. For example, Anglia Ruskin University suggests a reference like this:
  
  Full title of DVD-Italicized. Year of Release. [DVD] Director. Country of Origin: Film Studio. (Other details - narrator, etc.).
  
  Staffordshire University uses Harvard style to reference a DVD this way:
  
  Director's Last Name, First initial. (Year of Release). Full title of DVD-Italicized or Underlined. [DVD]. Country of Origin: Film Studio

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