JOURNALISM
4-22/23-15
JOURNAL
• Free write
• Write for 5 minutes!
CURRENT EVENTS
• Headline/Topic
• Interesting Fact
• Publication Info
• Your Reaction
FINISH UP
• Finish your photography assignment from last class period.
• You need to find pictures that incorporate at least one of the elements and
principles we discussed. You will need to find pictures for all elements and
principles.
PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT
• You will be responsible for capturing the following photos and then creating
a photography portfolio. You will be responsible for their own
cameras/phone cameras and developing (if you want). You will need to
capture the following:
• an inanimate object,
• a group of three or more people,
• subjects from a crowd of people,
• a sporting event,
• a child a and/or a senior citizen,
• a landscape,
• You will need at least 3 photos that tell a story.
FURTHER EXPLANATION
• This project will be due by 4-28/29
• The pictures should make use of good perspective and lighting and utilizing
the rule of thirds, and other elements and principles we discussed.
• After competition of the photos, you will edit the photos (again based in the
elements and principles) in order to create your portfolio. This will be
accompanied with a written explanation.
YOUR TURN
• Choose one photo (one you find interesting, something that could be found
as part of a news story or yearbook).
•
Cut it out, tape/paste it to a white sheet of paper
• Write 3 different captions.
ANALYZE
• Trade with someone on not at your table.
• Trade again with someone on the other side of the room.
• Examine the photo and read all the captions.
• Put a star next to the caption you like best and write why.
• Trade again (with someone not at your table)
• Examine the photo and captions.
• Star the one you like best and explain why.
• One more time. :)
• Return
WHAT MAKES A GOOD CAPTION?
• Discuss as a whole class (I will be calling on you to share) the explanations of
why a caption was chosen as the best.
WHAT REALLY MAKES A GOOD
CAPTION?
• Avoid stating the obvious. (“Looking into the camera…”)
• Identify all people in the picture who are seen clearly. be sure to follow a pattern in
doing the IDs, and tell your reader the pattern (“left to right”, etc.)
• Don’t start a caption with a person’s name or the name of the school.
• Try not to start every caption in the same way. Be creative! Use a prepositional phrase
(“During the state soccer tournament”) and -ing words (“Kicking in for the last few
yards”), or other techniques. Don’t overuse any one technique!
• For stand-alone feature photos, compose a headline to go with the caption.
• Give the reader a lot of information in the caption. Use two or three sentences, if
possible.
• Using quotes in a caption adds a personal voice.
• Be sure photographers are trained to get IDs and additional information as they take the
pictures. Caption writing is so much easier this way!
• Always include a photo credit. (“Photo by…”)
PRACTICE
• Practice caption writing!
• Complete the handout and turn it into the tray.
LET'S GET STARTED
• We will make a short trip around the school in order to get a jump start on
your pictures.