Front Credits

[7] Time limit: these credits must appear within the first 3 minutes of your Total Running Time.

a) You have the option to display your front credits during your tease or over program content as long as they appear within the first 3 minutes of your TRT.

b) Whether you display your Front Credits within your tease or the beginning of your program content, these credits can also be text over a black or white background, and they must not appear for more time than it takes to reasonably read them on screen and should be inter cut with video. This treatment must be approved by your Production Liaison if you choose to do so.

c) Front Credits are limited to 4 key personnel or main character actors. Each person is counted as one credit, for an example in the sample credits George Washington, John Adams and John Hancock total 3 artistic credits.

d) Front Credits cannot contain production company names or logos.

e) Front Credits cannot be displayed during your end credit sequence.

Examples of Front Credits that are allowed:

A FILM BY JANE DOE
PRODUCER (DIRECTOR, NARRATOR, WRITER) JANE DOE
PRODUCED, DIRECTED, WRITTEN BY JANE DOE

Examples of Front credits that are NOT allowed:

JANE DOE PRESENTS
A PRODUCTION OF JANE DOE
A JANE DOE FILM
A JANE DOE PRODUCTION
A PRODUCTION OF JANE & COMPANY FILMS or
A PRODUCTION OF ABC FILMS IN ASSOCIATION WITH
COLUMBUS PICTURES, BBD/CHANNEL 22, AND WXYZ/4