The short text is useful for describing what is in the image. Captions are usually also used to emphasize the content of an article, essay or report.
Captions can also come in two languages, one in the mother tongue and the second in a second language. For example Indonesian and English. If you view an image without captions, it may feel like watching something without hearing the sound.
We cannot know what the picture is trying to convey, so we can only interpret the meaning of the picture ourselves.
All caption text has at least two sentences. The first sentence is present tense and explains what is happening in the picture by answering 5W (what, when, where, why, who).
Types of Caption Text
Caption text also has several types, namely:
1. Identification
This type of caption text is usually used to describe or identify everyone in the photo, but does not explain a story. The focus on this type of identification text caption is on clarity.
2. Group Captions
Group Captions are usually used to describe multiple images. This caption should have at least two sentences per image and include a quote whenever possible. The group caption must be clear about which image each caption describes.
3. Story-Telling Caption
Story-telling captions are the ideal type of caption and can be used whenever possible. This type of caption will tell a story behind the image. Using this type of caption will usually be more interesting to read.
4. Summary
For the type of caption summary, it usually contains an explanation of the subject in the picture, the activities carried out in the picture, the time of the incident, the location of the incident and the reason why the activity was carried out.
5. Quotes
Quote caption means containing a quote from someone in the picture.
6. Cutline
Cutline type captions are the ones most often found in pictures and writings on newspapers and media, both offline and online. The caption cutline describes the subject in the image and what the subject is doing.
7. Expanded
The type of expanded caption is the type of caption that has the most complete information. In accordance with the name of the type, this expanded caption text is a development of the previous text, especially from the summary caption.
Generic Structure Caption Text
Caption text, although it is a very short type of text, also has a generic structure as in other texts. Here is the generic structure of caption text.
* Title
* Lead
* Section headings
How to Write Caption Text
1. Accuracy
You have to know what you want to say. Do not write down or make judgments about the mood or mood of the people in the picture.
Actually you can just write the emotion or mood on the subject in the picture, but you have to confirm it directly at the source. Also pay attention to the actions of the subject or those around the subject.
2. Don't Be Too Real
Avoid phrases that tell the reader about very obvious actions, such as shaking hands, looking, gestures, chatting, and so on. This, of course, can be seen by the readers. Caption text that is too real like, 'Director A and Director B shake hands', or 'The principal of SMA J is looking at the computer pointed to by teacher B'.
3. Avoid Cliches
Avoid clichés or trite words. Avoid using words that describe actions with feelings, such as excited, rejoicing, jumping with joy, clapping happily, and so on.
4. Showing the Subject of the Photo
Don't show the subject of the photo in a way that talks to the subject like "Hey Joe, what are you doing in front of that building?" "Hey Jane, where are you right now?" and so forth.
5. Language Style
Actually, the style of language can be adjusted to the picture shown. For example, a funny style photo can be given a funny caption text too. Photos that are serious in style or such as tables and graphs must be given a serious caption as well.
6. Identification
Identify all clearly visible people in an image. If the photo or image contains four or more people and is not a group portrait, individual identification is not required, unless one or two people are clearly the center of attention in the photo.
The following types and examples of captions:
Examples of captions about love are:
- Love always YOU
- You are my heart
- I don't need anything but LOVE
- Best friend caption
- Best friends are those who are always there for you.
- No one can replace you as my best friend.
- Me and myself caption
Examples of captions about yourself are:
- This will be me!
- No one can adore me like I do!
- I like to be myself
- successful caption
Examples of captions about success are:
- It always seems impossible until we take a step
- Failure is our friend, it pushes us to be stronger
AIDS is primarily a disease of T-cells, which are systematically eliminated by HIV in patients who are infected by the virus.
2. Caption Cutline
Police officers' cordon off a road in front of the Police Mobile Brigade headquarters (Mako Brimob) in Depok, West Java, on Wednesday morning following a riot inside the Mako Brimob detention center. (Kompas.com/Abba Gabrillin)
3. Caption Summary
Passengers wearing protective masks and face shields queues for a public bus, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at a central bus spot in Jakarta, July 27 2020. The health ministry reported 1,525 new cases and 57 deaths on Monday, taking the total number of infections and fatalities to 100,303 and 4,838 respectively.
Exercise of Caption Text :
My Video :
No comments:
Post a Comment