General Writing & Formatting
- Sources: Use peer-reviewed texts (books, scholarly articles) and recognized academic sites. Avoid personal blogs, film reviews, or YouTube unless referencing a specific animation unavailable elsewhere.
- Formatting: Use 12-point Times New Roman or Arial font with 1.5 or 2.0 line spacing.
- Style: Write concisely without “waffle” or colloquialisms/slang. Avoid personal language (e.g., “I,” “my,” “in my opinion”) and emotive language. Use passive verbs and impersonal subjects to maintain objectivity.
- Titles: Italicize film, animation, and book titles. Use quotation marks for journal articles, songs, and book chapters.
In-Text Citations
- Attribution: Brief references require the author’s surname, publication date, and page number (e.g.,
(Pallant, 2011, p. 35)). - Short Quotations: Incorporate quotes up to three lines into the sentence using double quotation marks.
- Long Quotations: Indent quotes of approximately 40 words or more by 1cm on each side. Separate them from the body text and do not use quotation marks.
Bibliography (Harvard Style)
Arrange references alphabetically by author surname.
- Books: Surname, Initial. (Year) Title. Edition. Place: Publisher.
- Journal Articles: Surname, Initial. (Year) ‘Title of article’, Title of Journal, Issue info, Page reference.
- Films: Title of film (Year) Directed by… [Film]. Place: Distribution company.
- Websites: Surname, Initial. (Year) Title of web page. Available at: URL (Accessed: date).