Creating My Credit Block

A credit block appears at the end of every film trailer and on every film poster. They list the entire production crew. The credit block has small letters. The credit block will include the names of actors appearing in the movie, the directors, and producers, the companies producing and distributing the movie, which is normally displayed as a logo at the bottom of the credit block. The order in which the credits appear on the block, signify their importance within the film. The first thing to appear on a film poster is the motion films company and then the producer. After these have been displayed, the major starring actors generally come next and the title of the movie. The actors whose names appear first on a film poster, are said to be the most popular and 'top billing' actors. They either have the most screen time within a film or this is done for publicity to get the film more attention. For the film poster, the credit block may help to distribute the film to the correct target audience. If there is a well-known actor on the credit block and people see this actor’s name, they are more likely to go and see the film as they like the famous actor.

The development of creating the credit block for my film poster can be seen below:

Firstly, as I knew that I wanted the background of my film poster to be black, I decided to make the background of the credit block black to ensure that all my media products are kept looking consistent. To create the background of the credit block, I went to the shape tool on the toolbar at the side of my screen and clicked the 'rectangle tool'. I had to make sure that the colour of the rectangle tool was black. I then drew the rectangle and this would be used as the background of the credit block. 

I could then add all of the text to the credit block. I added the text using the 'T' text tool. This text included the names of actors appearing in the movie, the directors, and producers, the companies producing and distributing the movie.   

The font used was 'AgencyFB Reg'.  

I added all of the text to the credit block and then added the 'Beelzebub' logo, which is situated next to the film release date.

This is my completed credit block which will appear on my film poster and at the end of the film trailer.