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A billing block, also known as a credit block, lists the cast and crew of a movie. It appears on posters and trailers to legally credit those involved in making the film. The inclusion, order, and size of credits in the billing block are determined by contracts between production companies and unions. By convention, name text in a poster's billing block must be at least 25% the height of the title text to ensure visibility and recognition of the film being advertised.
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- 1. Billing BlockBilling Block What is a Billing Block? Poster credits are the legal lines that appear in movie posters and trailers giving credit to the cast and crew that made the film, as well as the producers, distributor and financier behind it. Poster credits are widely known also as “billing block” or “credit block”. What is a Billing Block? Poster credits are the legal lines that appear in movie posters and trailers giving credit to the cast and crew that made the film, as well as the producers, distributor and financier behind it. Poster credits are widely known also as “billing block” or “credit block”.
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