Film posters typically contain a large main image to attract viewers' attention, along with the title of the film, actors' names, a tagline, and production company information. The actors' names are the second largest text to highlight popular actors and attract their fan bases. The tagline is placed below the title and above other details. Additional names are listed in the billing block at the bottom of the poster.

1. Conventions of a film poster
By Halima Alek

2. Film posters consist of….
Billing block Main image
Actors/directors names
Title of film
Tagline
Social media information
Company ident
Critics ratings

3. Here you can see the
actors name, it s the
second largest text, this is
because if it is a well known
actor it shows their
importance and will attract
the fan base of the actor.
Here is the tagline, the
tagline is usually just below
the title of the film and above
the billing block.

4. The main image is the first
thing you will see on the
poster, it is very large.
The billing block is typically at
the bottom of the poster, this has
all the extra names on it.