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Revision as of 12:39, 19 March 2006
WikiProject Films is an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to films on Wikipedia. This WikiProject also aims to normalize the standards for film articles in Wikipedia.
If you would like to participate, you can simply start by editing any film article, or join the project below and/or contribute to the discussion on the talk page.
If you find, create, or contribute to a film article, please paste {{FilmsWikiProject}} onto the article's talk page and add a Wikilink to the page on Lists of films.
If you find a stub article that has not yet been marked as a stub, add {{film-stub}} (or {{documentary-stub}} for documentary films, or {{comedy-film-stub}} for comedy films) to the bottom of the article. It will automatically be included in the film stubs category, where you can find plenty of stub articles to expand if you are itching to do something.
If you find an article without an image, please list it at Requested pictures.
If you are looking for something to do, you can take a look at Requested film articles.
See also: Template:Cinema COTW
Related WikiProjects
Parent:
Descendants:
- WikiProject Actors and Actresses.
- WikiProject Directors.
- WikiProject Indian cinema.
- Film based on books catagorization project.
Similar:
Participants
This is a list of Wikipedians who are committed to this WikiProject. Please, feel free to join by clicking edit on the right, and signing your name at the bottom of the list with four tildes (~~~~), with an optional comment. Also add this template to your user page if you want to, type {{User WikiProject Films}} to produce:
 | This user participates in WikiProject Film. |
Members
- Ctifumdope
- Seth Ilys, joined February 28, 2004.
- Robert Happelberg, joined March 3, 2004.
- Whkoh, joined December 15, 2004.
- JonMoore, joined February 15, 2005.
- imaek, joined June 2, 2005.
- Martinman11, joined June 28, 2005.
- elvenscout742 11:51, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
- The JPS, joined 15 July 2005
- A Link to the Past 23:56, July 15, 2005 (UTC)
- Courtkittie 04:13, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
- Amr Hassan 05:44, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
- Rossrs 15:24, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
- *drew 23:04, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
- Ianblair23 23:42, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
- Ilan T. (10 August 2005)
- Gryffindor 18:03, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
- The Wookieepedian 14:33, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
- Caleb Osment. 07:08, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
- SPMEKA 11:11, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
- Palm_Dogg 03:23, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
- Parallel or Together? joined October 28, 2005
- ^BuGs^ 21:30, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
- Comics, joined November 13, 2005.
- Harmonica, joined November 16, 2005
- HistoricalPisces 19:19, 23 November 2005 (UTC), joined November 23, 2005
- Troy34 23:38, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
- Gflores Talk 08:19, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
- CJMylentz 13:20, 16 December 2005
- NeverLogic 23:21, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
- Her Pegship 21:04, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
- Kylehamilton 10:04, 23 December 2005 (UTC) Film Major Brooks Institute of Photography
- ONEder Boy 20:55, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
- Athena2006 18:45, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
- Bobet 15:08, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
- threegee 22:11, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
- DoctorMike 1300 4 January 2006
- DaveGorman 00:01, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
- Estrose 18:03, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
- QzDaddy 00:11, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
- Doc 14:12, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
- 23skidoo 14:34, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
- Thephotoplayer 04:07, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
- Forever young 06:59, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
- Quill 10:22, 13 January 2006 (UTC) - is that supposed to be when you joined Wikipedia or the Films project? Guess I'd better sign on as I'm a de factor member already.... University minor in Film Theory, many moons ago.... I'm warning you now--I don't do boxes....
- Phaedriel 22:37, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
- User:Zoe|(talk) 22:37, 13 January 2006 (UTC) - I've created a lot of actor and movie stubs that need a lot of work. :)
- Steve-O 01:45, 17 January 2006 (UTC) helping with adding the seemingly endless Infoboxes to movies. I also keep adding film noir pages.
- Volatile 03:32, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
- Ibaranoff24 05:37, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
- zachjones4 03:45, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
- Typhin 18:54, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
- Federico Pistono ✆ ✍ 09:12, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
- Mushroom 09:24, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
- EQuintan 05:26, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
- fizzerbear 16:01, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
- AUTiger ʃ talk/work 21:48, 21 January 2006 (UTC) Finally 'joining' officially but been using project standards and working on various film articles for a while.
- **Armeisen 00:29, 22 January 2006 (UTC). Specialities are science fiction film and Australian film.
- Jurrien 02:05, 22 January 2006 (UTC).
- Brian1979 09:23, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
- Empty2005 01:42, 24 January 2006 (UTC) Interested and Specialises in video game adaptations!
- Pally 15:56, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
- Buchanan-Hermit™..CONTRIBS..SPEAK! 04:16, 2 February 2006 (UTC): I'm mostly gonna stick to stubs about upcoming films. I "specialize" in films shot in the Vancouver area.
- Taiq 08:55, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
- Lady Aleena | Talk 22:58, 27 January 2006 (UTC): I will do what I can to help. I will stick primarily with Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. I am currently going through as many movies which may have templates to make sure that all of the film templates are listed in the film template category so that they can be found easier.
- Matt von Furrie (Talk) 09:00, 27 January 2006 (UTC): I will mainly stick to drama and independant releases.
- Figaro 05:43, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
- Tom Webb 23:35, 29 January 2006 (UTC) Interested in updating actors bios and also expanding/adding to NZ Films articles
- Matthew 23:55, 29 January 2006 (UTC)User:Across.The.Synapse Predominantly interested in independent releases, the film canon (Bergman, Coppola, Scorsese, Spielberg, etc.) and mid-century horror films.
- Nscheffey 23:32, 30 January 2006 (UTC) Interested in expanding film director stubs, have already done a bit on David O. Russell. Let me know if there's anything else I could help with.
- Jumping cheese 07:31, 1 February 2006 (UTC) Worked on a couple of film pages already. =D
- Hal Raglan 21:04, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
- Laurentis 13:41, 6 February 2006 (UTC)Laurentis
- K1Bond007 05:43, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
- AKeen 16:31, 9 February 2006 (UTC) - I've been working a while already, especially on info boxes for foreign films (and the Pedro Almodovar template) and classic musicals.
- Langfeldt 14:17, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
- Tertiary7 23:37, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
- Yorick 22:59, 22 February 2006 (UTC) I'm working on adding infoboxes to cult films and cleaning up their articles as I find the time.
- Oogie13oogie 01:23, 23 February 2006 (UTC) - I am working hard on improving the Nightmare Before Christmas article. After that I will move on to Tim Burton related movies.
- Dogbreathcanada 23:00, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
- Inaxdaze 00:38, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
- Billyjoekoepsel 20:49, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
- Cybertooth85 Film student and buff happy to copyedit and add any information available.
- (Jakz34 19:51, 7 March 2006 (UTC)) Will expand and improve films that need it. I work by going from actor/actress to actor/actress. I am currently working on expanding all of martin Lawrece's films then will move on to Eddie Murphy and so on.
- Aguerriero 13:49, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
- Wisekwai 12:02, 10 March 2006 (UTC) I just started a Cinema of Thailand article and will do what I can to add more content on Thai films, as well as other Eastern cinema films.
- VolatileChemical 20:39, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
- Lindsey8417 22:02, 12 March 2006 (UTC) I guess I specialze in horror films, I've redone the The Hills Have Eyes 2006 recently
- A 06:37, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
- Tigermave 07:41, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
- Freakasso 08:02, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
- Thefourdotelipsis 02:31, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
- Fuhghettaboutit 06:24, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
- My_Malfoy 10:15, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
Dychoi 12:39, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
Guestbook
This is a list of Wikipedians who are not committed to the WikiProject, but who are sympathetic to the cause. Feel free to express your support by signing the list below!:
- Zzyzx11 (Talk) (Will occasionally help with it) 08:00, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
- The Singing Badger 23:36, 10 September 2005 (UTC) I'm keen - but I'm making no promises...!
- MechBrowman 02:44, September 11, 2005 (UTC)
- Benzamin (am a fan of Central and Eastern European Cinema - would be happy to liason with the Polish Wikipedians and others for Polish/Czech/Hungarian/Russian film, and other issues...) 04:11 September 11, 2005 (UTC)
- RockOfVictory I'm a stickler for correct formatting, so I'll be contributing bits and pieces every so often. --J. J. 01:08, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
- Tysto I love film, but I don't believe all films are of encyclopedic value... Bio-dome and Riding the Bullet, for example. --Tysto 06:19, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
- Chaosfeary 22:25, 15 October 2005 (UTC) - A good project and some cool dedicated people, but myself I only tend to edit films I'm personally interested in or have watched. ☺ Your Template:Infobox_Film is good but lacking for some films, I have made a Template:Infobox_Film_(4) which is better for some, for example with the film adaption of American McGee's 'Alice'.
- Tombseye 19:42, 21 October 2005 (UTC) -I'll help out when I can, time pending, but wikipedia's got me down. On the one hand it's great that people can edit whenever, but the vandalism is pretty disheartening. I agree with Tysto too that not all films are worthy of the encyclopedic treatment so I'll be selective. Or just short with the crappy films.
- RPGLand2000 16:53, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
- kernunrex 18:35, 26 October 2005 (UTC) -- I'm keeping to the WikiProject Films' guidelines when editing film articles. Personally, I believe any film you could purchase, say at amazon.com, should have an article if someone is willing to write it. If minor CD singles, like We're in This Together, are OK to have their own articles, crappy movies like Bio-dome should have them as well.
- --Reflex Reaction (talk)• 16:28, 28 November 2005 (UTC) I'm active over at missing articles, but I started the notable film list, I will contribute where I can
- Thebogusman 23:21, 13 December 2005 (UTC) I'll try to help when I can, especially with articles for films I'm particularly fond of that need infoboxes and copyediting and so forth.
- Entheta - I've been adding film infoboxes to some films lately and written quite a lot about exploitation films recently, such as Nunsploitation and Black Emanuelle. (Entheta 00:41, 29 December 2005 (UTC))
- I'm No Parking and I approved this message - Will become full time member if Koyaanisqatsi gets featured.
- Lummie 05:17, 12 January 2006 (UTC) - I've added a few infoboxes for one or two films and will try and help when I can!
- Too busy with real life and 2 other wikiprojects, but I will help when I can --Jaranda wat's sup 02:06, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
- Jeff Q (talk) 22:14, 17 January 2006 (UTC) — not ready to commit, but working slowly on digging up reliable published sources, starting with MST3K-featured films
- Z Wylld 17:09, 18 January 2006 (UTC)What a great project! I'll do my best to help, Wikineophyte that I am. By the way, I think Japanese cinema would be a worthy descendant project.
- Jmcnally 06:24, 20 January 2006 (UTC) — will help when I'm able, great project!
- † Ðy§ep§ion † 23:58, 20 January 2006 (UTC). I'll help when I can
- Danny 04:03, 21 January 2006 (UTC) I've done some film articles, and I just added an infobox for Birdy. I'll see what I can do to help.
- Bronks Now and then, I write a little about Swedish Cinema. 21 January 2006
- Bremen 20:42, 9 February 2006 (UTC) I've done an info box for father of the bride, I might do more.
- Yauhin 21:53, 12 February 2006 (UTC) I really think that this is a great project. Keep up the good work!!
- Scoreed 23:53, 12 February 2006 (UTC) Woooo!
- Northeasternbeast 14:26, 28 February 2006 (UTC) - My first article was for a film, I.D., and I hope I can help with many more, even if I can't totally commit myself due to time constraints.
- Nekura 20:42, 28 February 2006 (UTC) - Willing to help out as I can, but I'm working on other things, I'll keep tabs on the styles when there's overlap.
- - Motor (talk) 17:26, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
- Casey14 23:14, 7 March 2006 (UTC) I try to work on some stuff here and there, including Weinstein Company and wide released films.
- Spartaite 9:20, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
Style
As of July 2005, there is currently a discussion taking place on the talk page concerning whether or not year links in film articles should be entered as YEAR, or YEAR IN FILM|YEAR ("piped" links). For now, while the discussion (which you can contribute to) is taking place and before the issue has been resolved, users are simply advised to continue with whatever they feel comfortable with; in any case, YEAR pages provide links to YEAR IN FILM, and YEAR IN FILM pages link back to YEAR. There is also a discussion going on about rating on the movie template.
Naming conventions
- If a non-film article already exists with the name of the film that you are trying to create an article for, disambiguate and use (film) in the title: Film Title (film).
- If a film article already exists with the name of the film that you are trying to create an article for, use (YEAR film) in the title: Film Title (YEAR film). Rename the already existing article's title and change it to Film Title (YEAR film) also.
- If a film article already exists with the name of the film that you are trying to create an article for, and the two films are in different languages, use (LANGUAGE film) in the title: Film Title (LANGUAGE film). Rename the already existing article's title and change it to Film Title (LANGUAGE film) also.
Previously, both Film Title (film) and Film Title (movie) were accepted as film article names; however, this has since changed due to a talk page vote in early July 2005. The correct title format is Film Title (film).
Infobox
| The Terminator | |
|---|---|
| File:Poster title.jpg A promotional film poster for The Terminator. | |
| Directed by | James Cameron |
| Written by | James Cameron Gale Anne Hurd |
| Produced by | John Daly Derek Gibson Gale Anne Hurd |
| Starring | Arnold Schwarzenegger Michael Biehn Linda Hamilton |
| Music by | Joe Dolce Brad Fiedel Tane McClure |
| Distributed by | Orion Pictures Corporation |
Release dates | October 26, 1984 (USA) |
Running time | 108 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6,400,000 |
The table to the right is the Infobox Film template for The Terminator. Note that the image has been removed, as Wikipedia fair use policy prohibits the use of fair use images outside the article namespace. Clicking edit on the right will enable you to view and copy the source text to use on film articles. If you have any questions or problems with this table, you can discuss them at Template talk:Infobox Film.
The parameters for the infobox are:
 | This template is used on many pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them. |
 | This infobox should italicize the article title automatically. If this is not required, add |italic_title=no to the list of parameters. If this is required but the title is not being italicized, try |italic_title=force. |
| This template adds an automatically generated short description. If the automatic short description is not optimal, replace it by adding {{Short description}} at the top of the article. |
 | This template uses Lua: |
Infobox film is used to create an infobox which summarizes the main information of a particular motion picture.
Usage
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The infobox may be added by pasting the template as shown below into an article, typically at the top of an article above the lead section.
{{Infobox film
| name =
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} -->
| director =
| writer =
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} -->
| producer =
| starring =
| narrator =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| music =
| studio = <!-- or: | production_companies = -->
| distributor =
| released = <!-- {{Film date|df=yes/no|year|month|day|location|ref1=}} -->
| runtime =
| country =
| language =
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Parameters
All parameters are optional.
| Parameter | Explanation |
|---|---|
italic_title
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Set to no if the title of the article should not be automatically italicised (for instance, if the title has a disambiguation clause).
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name
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Insert the full common name of the film (defaults to {{PAGENAMEBASE}} if empty). <br /> may be used to bypass an unnatural line break in a long title.
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image
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Insert a relevant image for the film. Ideally this should be a film poster, but a DVD or VHS cover, screenshot, or other film-related image may also be used. Only use the actual file name, i.e. |image=Forrest Gump poster.jpg. See #Image for further guidelines.
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image_upright
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This allows auto-sizing of images according to user preferences. The size should not be set to a value that would result in an image width greater than 300px. See help below for guidance on determining the value to be used. Parameter defaults to 1. |
alt
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Alt text for the image. See WP:ALT. This field is normally not visible in standard web browsers, but you can see it by requesting the image's properties from the browser. A visually impaired reader will typically hear the alt text in place of the image. |
caption
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Insert image caption, which should describe the type of image used. |
native_name
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Insert the native title of the film using the {{Infobox name module}} template if it is different from the displayed title; please visit that template's page for full instructions. This parameter is for the native title only, i.e. it should not be used to add translated titles to the infobox. |
director
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Insert the name(s) of the director(s). Separate multiple entries using either {{plainlist}} or {{ubl}}. Link each director to their article if possible. |
writer
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Insert the name(s) of the writer(s). This field is primarily used for films where the writer(s) are credited under "Written by" or "Screen Story and Screenplay by". Separate multiple entries using either {{plainlist}} or {{ubl}}. Link each writer to their article if possible. |
screenplay
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Insert the name(s) of the screenplay writer(s). Separate multiple entries using either {{plainlist}} or {{ubl}}. This field is primarily used for films where the writer(s) are credited under "Screenplay by" or "Written for the screen [and directed; a mutually exclusive credit] by". Link each writer to their article if possible. |
story
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Insert the name(s) of the story writer(s). Separate multiple entries using either {{plainlist}} or {{ubl}}. This field is primarily used for films where the writer(s) are credited under "Story by" or "Screen Story by". Link each writer to their article if possible. |
based_on
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Insert the title of the source material and the name(s) of the source material writer(s). Use this field in conjunction with screenplay and story where applicable (i.e. "Screen Story") if films are based on previously produced or published material, such as books, plays, articles, old screenplays etc. Use {{based on}} or similar formatting where possible. Do not use this field where the source material is ambiguous. |
producer
|
Insert the name(s) of the producer(s). Separate multiple entries using either {{plainlist}} or {{ubl}}. Link each producer to their article if possible. Only producer credits should be included, not executive producers, associate producers, etc. |
starring
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In general, use the billing block of the poster for the film's original theatrical release as a rule of thumb for listing starring actors.[a] If unavailable, use the top-billed actors from the screen credits. An alternative approach may be determined by local consensus. Use either the {{plainlist}} or {{ubl}} template for multiple entries, and link each actor to their article if possible. Don't add additional text (such as "with" or "featuring") or punctuation to the list. |
narrator
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For documentaries only. Insert the name(s) of the narrator(s). Separate multiple entries using either {{plainlist}} or {{ubl}}. Link each narrator to their article if possible. |
cinematography
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Insert the name(s) of the cinematographer(s) or director(s) of photography. Separate multiple entries using either {{plainlist}} or {{ubl}}. Link each cinematographer or director of photography to their article if possible. |
editing
|
Insert the name(s) of the editor(s). Separate multiple entries using either {{plainlist}} or {{ubl}}. Listing "additional editors" and "supervising editors" may occasionally be appropriate, in which case add the tag "(add)" or "(sup)". Link each editor to their article if possible. |
music
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Insert the name(s) of the composer(s) of the original music score. They are usually credited with "Music by". Composers credited for "additional music" and songwriters should not be included. Separate multiple entries using either {{ubl}} or {{plainlist}}. Link each composer to their article if possible. |
animator
|
For animated films only. Insert the name(s) of the animator(s). Separate multiple entries using either {{plainlist}} or {{ubl}}. Link each animator to their article if possible. |
layout_artist
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For animated films only. Insert the name(s) of the layout artist(s). Separate multiple entries using either {{plainlist}} or {{ubl}}. Link each layout artist to their article if possible. |
background_artist
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For animated films only. Insert the name(s) of the background artist(s). Separate multiple entries using either {{plainlist}} or {{ubl}}. Link each background artist to their article if possible. |
color_process
|
For animated films only. Insert the type of film stock used to make the film. For most cartoons, this should be filled only with one of the following choices: black and white, Sepia tone, Technicolor, Technicolor (two-color), Cinecolor, Polacolor, or Metrocolor. For more modern (post-1970) cartoons, "Color" will suffice. |
|
Insert the company or companies that produced the film. Separate multiple entries using either {{plainlist}} or {{ubl}}, and use the "production_companies" parameter. Link each company to its article if possible. When possible, this should be cited to reliable secondary sources that explicitly identify the production companies. |
distributor
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Insert the company name(s) of the distributor(s) that first released the film. Separate multiple entries using either {{plainlist}} or {{ubl}}. Link each distributor to its article if possible. See #Distributor for additional guidelines. |
released
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Insert only the most relevant release date(s) of the film. Use {{Film date}}. See #Release dates for additional guidelines.
|
runtime
|
Insert an approximate time duration of the film in minutes. If the running time is given to the second, round it to the minute (and do not link to "minute"). Restrict the entry to the runtime for the primary release. See #Runtime for additional guidelines. |
country
|
|
language
|
Insert the language primarily used in the film. Databases often give every language spoken within the film, even if they only reflect a few lines in the overall script. The BBFC website is a good resource for the main language used in the film. Only in rare cases of clearly bilingual or multilingual films, enter separate entries with {{unbulleted list}}.
Note: languages are not automatically linked. This has been done intentionally because according to WP:OVERLINK, most major languages should generally not be linked. Please do not override this by using a piped link such as [[English language|English]]. |
budget
|
Insert the approximate production budget of the film. This is the cost of the actual filming, and does not include marketing or promotional costs (e.g. advertisements, commercials, posters). Budget figures can be found at Box Office Mojo, The Numbers, the Los Angeles Times, Variety, etc. If there are conflicting estimates, do not cherry-pick; list each estimate either as an individual value or as a number range. Do not use primary sources to corroborate budget figures. When applicable, add "gross" and "net" parenthetically beside the figure(s), using the either {{plainlist}} or {{ubl}} template. |
gross
|
Insert the worldwide gross revenue accrued by the film in its theatrical run (home media sales should instead be covered in the article body). This information is available for many Hollywood pictures at Box Office Mojo and The Numbers. If worldwide gross is not available, then indicate which region has grossed that amount. Use condensed, rounded values ($22.4 million vs $22,392,684). Precise values should be used where stable and appropriate to the context, or significant in themselves for some special reason. (See also: MOS:LARGENUM and this consensus discussion.) |
Calculating "image_upright"
The image_upright parameter, and image2_upright and logo_upright where applicable, is/are provided so as to facilitate the use of scalable images in this infobox, in accordance with the instructions at WP:IMAGESIZE, which advises against the use of "px" (for example: thumb|300px), as this forces a fixed image width.
Scalable images respect the user's base preference, which may have been selected for that user's particular devices. Module:InfoboxImage, which is used in this infobox, accommodates the use of scaling. However, setting the appropriate scale is slightly more complex than setting a raw "px" value. This guide provides a quick conversion table to make the process of setting a scale easier. It is based on a default thumbnail setting of 220px.
170px→upright=0.75180px→upright=0.8190px→upright=0.85200px→upright=0.9210px→upright=0.95220px→upright=1230px→upright=1.05240px→upright=1.1250px→upright=1.15260px→upright=1.2270px→upright=1.23280px→upright=1.25290px→upright=1.3300px→upright=1.35
Additional parameter usage explanation
Image
Ideally, an image of the film's original theatrical release poster should be uploaded and added to the infobox to serve as an identifying image for the article. Poster images can be found at websites such as Internet Movie Poster Awards or MoviePosterDB. If a poster image cannot be found for the film, or if the film did not have a theatrical release, then a cover image of the film's display case (VHS, DVD, etc.) may be used instead. Cover images can be found at commercial websites such as Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk. In the absence of an appropriate poster or cover image, a screenshot of the film's title card may also be used. When replacing an existing image, upload the new image over the old image (where possible), and update the relevant details on the image description page. See Wikipedia's non-free content policy to learn about the appropriate use of copyrighted images (such as most poster images) on Wikipedia, and see introduction to uploading images to find instructions for uploading an image.
Once uploaded, place the file name of the image, e.g., FILM TITLE poster.jpg (or a similar description), in the |image= field of the infobox, but do not include the Image: part of the file name. The |caption= field should describe the image, i.e., identifying it as "Theatrical release poster" (or "Promotional release poster", which may be appropriate if the film has a poster but did not receive a wide theatrical release, or its theatrical release status is unknown) or "DVD cover"; repeating the title of the film here is not necessary. Below is an example of how to use the fields:
| name = FILM TITLE
| image = FILM TITLE poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
Nationalities (e.g. "American theatrical release poster", "French release poster", "Japanese release poster", etc.) should be excluded from the caption, unless the poster in question is not from the film's country of origin. If the poster used is not from the film's country of origin, then the poster's language or country of origin can be specified (see the English-language poster in the infobox for Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives as an example).
If the poster is illustrated, its illustrator may be specified in the caption (see the infobox caption for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, which reads "Theatrical release poster by John Alvin"). Inclusions of artist names in film infobox captions should be reliably sourced.
Credits
Credits in the infobox should not be retrospectively altered to accommodate name changes at a later date. A person should be credited by the name they were using professionally at the time the film was made.
Distributor
Using the same rationale as the release date, the distributor(s) should be restricted to the country or countries that produced the film and (if different) the country where the film is first released. If there are only two distributors in total (a domestic and foreign) then include both of them.
Release dates
The film infobox is too small to reproduce the long lists of release dates provided by sources such as the Internet Movie Database. Release dates should therefore be restricted to the film's earliest release, whether it was at a film festival, a world premiere, or a public release, and the release date(s) in the country or countries that produced the film, excluding sneak previews or screenings. If the film was officially distributed by a streaming service such as Netflix for its original release (not including cases where the service has only acquired distribution rights for certain overseas regions that don't include the producing countries), then the date it was released on the platform should also be included. If other release dates are found to be notable, it may be appropriate to include them in the main body of the article (example).
{{Film date}} should be used for the film's release dates, which automatically adds the film to the appropriate release year category (such as 2024 films), and Upcoming films when appropriate. Please see that template's documentation for more info.
Release dates for straight-to-video and television films should follow the preceding guideline for home releases and airings, respectively.
Some editors like to use flag icons instead of country names. This should be avoided, as flags are less recognizable than country names. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (flags) for a more detailed rationale.
Runtime
The runtime for the film should be for the primary release; this will usually be the format the film premiered on, so for films that have had a theatrical release insert the runtime of the original theatrical version. Runtimes can vary due to regional censorship, alternative cuts (such as a director's cut or an unrated version) and different technical specifications across release formats, but do not include any additional runtimes without consensus. Use a reliable secondary source, such as the BBFC classification site, to cite the information; do not time it yourself, and for upcoming releases, do not take it from theater chain or ticketing service websites. If using the BBFC website as a source take note that a film may have been submitted to the BBFC several times for classification and have several different runtimes associated with it depending on format, version and component (such as a DVD commentary), so be careful to source the correct time, which are all listed at the entry page for the film under "Cinema".
Home video packaging should only be used to source runtimes for direct-to-video films or for films that may not have been classified; reliable secondary sources are still preferable in these instances if at all possible.
Country
According to the European Lumiere project, the value of this parameter is seldom found in the primary source (the film) and often involves original research:
- "defining the nationality of a film is a complex task. There are no widely accepted international or even European definitions of the criteria to be used to determine the country of origin of a film. This is both a legal and a statistical problem. It is enlightening to compare the lists provided by the different national sources that we use: countries involved in a joint production are not always indicated (even when the main coproducer is from another country). Different national records – and the statistics on which they are based – can show the same film as having a whole range of nationalities." (from "Identification of the producing countries in LUMIERE". European Audiovisual Observatory. 2006.)
Controlling line-breaking in embedded bulletless lists
Template {{nbsp}} may be used with {{wbr}} and {{nowrap}} to control line-breaking in bulletless lists embedded in the infobox (e.g. cast and other credits lists), to prevent wrapped long entries from being confused with multiple entries. See Template:Wbr/doc#Controlling line-breaking in infoboxes for details.
TemplateData
TemplateData documentation used by VisualEditor and other tools
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Examples
| Plan 9 from Outer Space | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Edward D. Wood Jr. |
| Written by | Edward D. Wood Jr. |
| Produced by | J. Edward Reynolds |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | William C. Thompson |
| Edited by | Edward D. Wood Jr. |
| Distributed by | Distributors Corporation of America |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $60,000 |
{{Infobox film
| name = Plan 9 from Outer Space
| image = Plan nine from outer space.jpg
| alt = Poster reading "Plan 9 From Outer Space".
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Edward D. Wood Jr.]]
| writer = Edward D. Wood Jr.
| producer = J. Edward Reynolds
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Béla Lugosi]]
* [[Maila Nurmi|Vampira]]
* [[Lyle Talbot]]
}}
| cinematography = [[William C. Thompson (cinematographer)|William C. Thompson]]
| editing = Edward D. Wood Jr.
| distributor = Distributors Corporation of America
| released = {{Film date|1959|07}}
| runtime = 79 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $60,000
}}
Removed parameters
IMDb, AllMovie and other external links
When this infobox template was first created in December 2004, one of the parameters created an external link to the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Irrespective of the fact that IMDb is not used as a reliable source for verifying content in Wikipedia articles, it still is a resource that many people, including editors and readers of Wikipedia, often turn to.
In more recent years, additional external websites have become increasingly useful resources, including AllMovie, Box Office Mojo, the British Film Institute, Metacritic, and Rotten Tomatoes. Also, modern films almost invariably have an official website. As a consequence, new external links were added to and removed from the infobox as consensus changed on the subject.
Discussions about the fate of these links took place in numerous places over some time, with a number of people advocating removal of all external links from the infobox, if not the article as a whole. Others spoke of the value of having at least a link to IMDb in the infobox. Eventually, a far from undisputed consensus arose to remove all external links from the infobox and to move them to the External links section where appropriate in view of the External links guideline.
Important points towards this consensus included fact that the infobox could not include all of the available links and that it would be inappropriate to pick and choose one or a few of those links over others. Suggestions that losing access to the most useful of the available links (typically IMDb) would damage the usefulness of film articles were not found persuasive by many since such links could still be included in the External links section and the table of contents linking to the external links section having all of the useful external links is adjacent the infobox.
External links to resources such as the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), AllMovie and any official website are no longer included in this template. Nevertheless, these resources and others may be usefully added to the "External links" section of the article using the following templates:
{{AllMovie title|id=am_id|title=film title}}{{Mojo title|id=bom_id|title=film title}}{{IMDb title|id=imdb_id|title=film title}}{{Metacritic film|id=mc_id|title=film title}}{{Rotten Tomatoes|id=rt_id|title=film title}}{{TCMDb title|id=tc_id|title=film title}}
A link to the official website, if any, may be created manually, or using the {{official website|url|name=title (optional)}} template.
Ratings
Like links to IMDb, statements of a film's rating(s) have been excluded from the infobox as consensus has shifted over the years. Mainly, there are simply too many ratings systems in English-speaking countries, let alone the world over. Further, these ratings systems rarely exactly agree, and a film's rating can change drastically over time as different editions of a film are released, and re-released, to theaters, broadcast, cable, satellite, streaming, and home media. Ratings information should be integrated into the film's article.
Preceded by and Followed by
The "Preceded by" and "Followed by" parameters were removed on 16 February 2011. (See Template talk:Infobox film/Archive 19#Preceded By/Followed By.)
Microformat
The HTML mark-up produced by this template includes an hCalendar microformat that makes event details readily parsable by computer programs. This aids tasks such as the cataloguing of articles and maintenance of databases. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please visit the Microformat WikiProject.
- Classes used
The HTML classes of this microformat include:
- attendee
- contact
- description
- dtend
- dtstart
- location
- organiser
- summary
- url
- vevent
nor collapse nested elements which use them.
Categories added by template
- Category:English-language films and similar subcategories of Category:Films by language)
- Category:Silent films
- Category:Pages using infobox film with missing date (3,204)
- Category:Pages using infobox film with nonstandard dates (1,314)
- Category:Pages using infobox film with unknown parameters (11)
Notes
See also
Image
The image presented in the table should ideally be a promotional poster for the film, or failing that, a DVD or a video tape cover. Posters can be found at various sites, including the Internet Movie Database ([2]), while DVD and video covers are available at Amazon.com ([3]) and Amazon.co.uk ([4]). A screenshot of the film's title card is also acceptable. Once you have found a suitable image:
- Save it to your hard drive as a JPEG or PNG file. See preparing images for upload.
- Upload it to the wiki at Special:Upload. See uploading images.
- On the file's description page, add a short description of the image (e.g. "A promotional film poster for The Terminator."), and an image copyright tag:
- {{Film poster}} for posters,
- {{DVDcover}} for DVD covers,
- {{Video tape cover}} for video tape covers,
- {{Film-screenshot}} for screenshots.
- On the image line of the template, insert the image's filename. A short description can be included in the field image caption. The image size in the infobox is currently set to 200 pixels.
- image = Terminator.jpg
- caption = A promotional film poster for ''The Terminator''.]]
Details
Cast and crew credits for most films are available at the Internet Movie Database, as is distribution, release date, language, runtime and budget information. Inserting <BR> at the end of each line will separate lines from each other in the infobox.
- Starring: the principal actors in order of their characters' importance in the film, though there are some exceptions (e.g. ensemble films).
- Produced by: the film's "main" producers, such as Jerry Bruckheimer on Pirates of the Caribbean, or simply list all of them if there are five or less.
- Distributed by: the film's original theatrical distributor. In the case of there being different distributors for different countries, list only the distributor in the country where the film was produced. You can clarify this in parentheses at the end, e.g. "Orion Pictures Corporation (USA)" if Orion only released The Terminator in the U.S.
- Release date: similar to the above, but should also list any major festival release dates if the film was not commercially released, or went straight to video or cable (which you should also note in parentheses).
- Runtime: the runtime of the original version of the film, with runtimes of other versions (such as director's cuts or extended editions) noted in parentheses.
- Languages: languages featured prominently in the film, in order of how much they are used.
- Budget: the film's production budget, which excludes additional costs such as prints or marketing.
- IMDb page: The series of numbers at the end of the URL for the film's IMDb page, after http://www.imdb.com/title/tt.
It is not essential to complete all fields in the infobox, or insert an infobox on every film article. This is especially true if scarce information on the film is available.
Article body
The lead section of the article serves as a quick introduction to the film, and the very first paragraph should cover the basics, such as the film's release year, genre, setting, stars, and director (and possibly writer in some cases), as well as one or two of the most notable, verifiable facts about the film, such as "At the time of its release, it was the most expensive film ever made". The second paragraph should be a brief look at the film's impact: whether critics liked the film or not (and why), whether it was a commercial success or not, and whether any sequels to or remakes of the film were produced.
Plot
It is best to describe the basic premise of the film in a couple of sentences at the beginning of this section, and then start a new paragraph going into more detail about the plot of the film, including the ending. Separate these two descriptions of the storyline with the template {{spoiler}}, which will warn readers of the article not to proceed if they do not want the film spoiled for them. Actors' names should be in parentheses after the first mention of their characters' names. The events of the film do not have to be described in the order in which they appear onscreen, however; see Pulp Fiction for an example of this.
Background and/or Production
Included here should be a history of the film's background and development, such as how many studios, actors, directors and writers were involved with the project at one point or another. Continuing onto the production of the film, facts such as filming dates, budget figures, any noteworthy titbits (such as delays, reshoots etc.) should be transformed into prose. Comments from the cast and crew are also welcomed.
Reception
Expanding on the second paragraph of the lead section, you should analyse how the film was received by critics, meaning professional or well-known film reviewers, and not comments from members of the public (for example, quotes from users of Amazon.com and the Internet Movie Database do not count). Websites such as Rotten Tomatoes ([5]) and Metacritic ([6]) collect professional film reviews and calculate a numerical score from them for each film. In the case of what the general public thought of the film, tend towards the expression "money talks" and provide a summary of the film's commercial success, consulting sites such as Box Office Mojo ([7]) and Box Office Guru ([8]).
Cast
The cast list in the body of the article should be longer than the list in the infobox, and, depending on the number of minor characters in the film, can be furnished with a dozen or more credits. Credits should be written in the "ACTOR as CHARACTER" format, but for credits where the character has not been mentioned in the plot section, a short summary of the importance and role of the character in the film would be necessary, e.g. "Rick Rossovich as Matt Buchanan, Ginger's boyfriend" in the case of The Terminator.
Notes and/or References
In accordance with Wikipedia's verifiability policy, all articles should cite their sources. A variety of methods to present your references is available at Citing sources:Style and how-to, as well as an inline citations/footnoting system at Footnote3. If you are unsure of how to use internet links as references, simply inserting the URL into square brackets at the end of the corresponding text (e.g. [http://www.google.com/] becomes [9]) is an adequate form of referencing the web, although providing the date on which you accessed the web page would enable other users of Wikipedia to retrieve it using the Wayback Machine, should the web link change or cease to function.
External links
- {{imdb title|id=0088247|title=The Terminator}}
- {{imdb name|id=0000881|name=Michael Bay}}
- {{rotten-tomatoes|id=terminator|title=The Terminator}}
See also
- List of notable films: an editable list created as part of the Missing encyclopedic articles WikiProject
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/Templates seems to have been "lost" after creation. Good place for more film templates.