WillFaber
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My film professor wants us to use Chicago style (footnotes version) for our final paper. Which is fine except I'm citing like... 40% academic articles and 60% YouTube videos, interviews, and random online content. Because film studies. 

What I'm trying to cite:
A video essay by "Every Frame a Painting" (RIP, gone too soon) about editing in Hollywood. No author name really, just the channel name. It's on YouTube. No date?? Actually there is a date but it's just the upload year.
My attempt:
Footnote:
What I'm trying to cite:
A video essay by "Every Frame a Painting" (RIP, gone too soon) about editing in Hollywood. No author name really, just the channel name. It's on YouTube. No date?? Actually there is a date but it's just the upload year.
My attempt:
Footnote:
"Every Frame a Painting, 'A Brief Look at Film Editing,' YouTube video, 7:32, March 15, 2014, ." [/QUOTE] Bibliography: [QUOTE] ...e like 17 different ways to cite everything??