3. Caption’s definition :
* Caption text is a short text
located near photos
/picture,video,table or graph
that we publish/upload. Caption
text is that gives important
information. The purpose of
caption text is to help reader
understand information that may
not be in the text.
5. •Do not begin with the words a, an, or the.
•Use present tense to describe action in a photo.
•Give readers information they cannot get from just
looking at a photo.
•A caption should complete the photo. The reader
should not have to look at the story, but should want
to look at the story.
•Do not begin a caption with names.
•When identifying members of a group, write
“from left,” not “from left to right.”
•Captions should not repeat information contained in
the lead.
•Name people only if they are important to the picture.
6. *
*Identification bar
( who is someone in the picture,about the
name of the person on the picture )
*Cutline
( who is the person and what’s happening )
•Summary 5W
(what,who,where,when and why
something happening on the picture )
7. *Type of caption:
*Identification bar: Jenis caption ini hanya
menyebutkan siapa yang berada di gambar
*Cutline : Jenis caption ini menyebutkan siapa yang
berada digambar dan apa yang dilakukannya
*Summary : Berisi penjelasan lengkap tentang siapa
yang berada digambar, apa yang dilakukan, kapan
kejadiannya, dimana tempat terjadinya, dan kenapa
hal tersebut dilakukan.
*Expanded: bentuk lebih lengkap dari summary, jenis
caption ini juga memuat bagaimana kejadiannya dan
kutipan.
*Quote: Berisi kutipan perkataan seseorang yang
berhubungan dengan gambar
*Group identification: Sama seperti identification,
hanya saja jenis ini digunakan apabila gambar memuat
lebih dari satu orang.