JOURNALISM4-22/23-15

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.