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How to write the photo description text
News pictures and text descriptions are very learned!
Editor's note: In the manuscript folder of the photography department of the school newspaper, we often see the caption "X day happened in XX in X place", and the editor doesn't know its deep meaning and background, so it is difficult to adopt it. The photography department once wrote a caption of 150, but it was not well executed.
Journalists in the photography department should pay attention to the narrative nature of news photography. First, they should realize that they are not only photographers, but also journalists. They should not only have the task of interviewing, but also have the task of taking pictures, and write a narrative that conforms to the news law, vivid and memorable. So how do you write it?
Text description must deepen the meaning of news pictures
The text description should be spread around the picture, and can't be separated from the picture Wan Li. At the same time, it should be illustrated with pictures and texts, and graph theory is forbidden. To this end, from the text, there are three aspects:
1, expansion of image content. That is to make up for the lack of image language. For example, pictures of two people talking, what to talk about, we must use words to supplement the introduction. Another example is the picture on the mobile phone. If you don't use words to explain its news significance, it is not a news picture. Another example is the deeds and resumes of typical characters, which must be replaced by words.
2. Emphasis on the content of the picture. In other words, repeat the image language with emotional words to make the picture more impactful. Three journalists were killed when the US-led NATO bombed our embassy in Yugoslavia. In the photos reflecting the mourning activities, adjectives such as "spontaneous" and "grand" are used in the caption of the "candlelight mourning" photos of Hubei Daily, which enhances the atmosphere of solidarity and adds a lot of color to the photos.
3. Comment on the picture content and explain the meaning of the picture. First, it has practical significance. For example, in the title of Hubei Daily, "Science must be emphasized in farming", there is a passage: "In the same place, due to the different scientific and technological contents of seeds, the actual output is 200 kilograms and the income is more than 200 yuan. This shows that farming must be scientific. " This is a comment on the phenomenon reflected in the picture, and it also explains the purpose of the editor to send this picture. The second is forward-looking comments. For example, if there is a photo called "Puppet Show", it describes the excited expression of the children watching the performance, and the caption reads: "Their eyes are a miracle, but they represent Paris, and they are the symbol and hope of Paris." The image meaning in the picture is linked with the future text, which sublimates the theme of the photo.
Compared with pictures, explanatory text should be irreplaceable.
Specific performance in:
1, the event process, that is, the "five ws" in the news, cannot be described by pictures and pictures, but must be expressed by words. However, unlike the written news, the picture description must be concise, highlight the content related to the picture, outline it simply by line drawing, and discard the complicated themes and irrelevant details.
2. Background description is the key to make the picture stand up. A news background can make the picture stand out in the same theme, and the background can also strengthen the story and contrast of the picture and make it full.
3. Meaning elaboration is used to deepen the picture and sublimate the theme, so that the historical and practical significance of the picture can be fully reflected, and the picture can also move from plane to three-dimensional, giving it deeper meaning and more appeal.
4, picture confession, that is, referring to the picture and explaining the picture. Refers to the picture, that is, the usual orientation tips. Explaining pictures means explaining some objects that readers don't understand, such as the characteristics of new products and new processes, and also explaining the colors of black and white pictures. In short, it is to let readers appreciate pictures better without violating news facts.
You should make the finishing point and try to avoid gilding the lily.
The picture description is short, and how to express it accurately in a limited space is an art. If the picture description is well written, it can make the finishing point, and if it is not well written, it is superfluous. Write a good picture to illustrate what to do:
1, in-depth interview, which is the basic skill of photojournalists. At present, some photographers attach great importance to the art of pictures, focusing on framing and lighting, which is undoubtedly correct. However, a photojournalist who can only speak with the lens but not with words is not an all-around photojournalist. Only by in-depth interviews and taking up as much material as possible can we refine the theme and easily choose the angle.
2. Be short and realistic. This is the basic requirement of writing. It is not easy to write a good explanation of one or two hundred words. It is necessary to highlight the main facts, with concise language, strict internal logic, fluent grammar and interesting narration. To highlight the main facts, we should focus on the facts reflected in the photos, abandon the facts irrelevant to the photos, omit the facts already reflected in the photos, and focus on the facts that can enrich the contents of the photos.
3. Language should be concise, that is, photos and words should be concise, short sentences should be used more, sentences with too many attributives, adverbials and complements should be used less, and coined words should not be used. Abbreviations that need to be marked in the text should be avoided as much as possible, such as the "four verticals and four horizontals" project in traffic construction. As long as the pictures and texts are meaningful, there is no need to describe the span too much.
4. Although the photo text is short, it must be logical and fluent in grammar. At present, the logical mistakes in photo explanation are: inconsistency, inconsistency between pictures and texts, and changing the theme halfway, which makes the photo explanation unreasonable and affects the effect. The grammar of photo description must be fluent and understandable. The common mistakes in today's media are: lack of subject, predicate and object, punctuation errors, improper exaggeration of words and so on.
5, the picture description should be vivid and interesting, and the picture should jump up and come alive. Put an end to the sameness in picture descriptions, and try to use as few or no pale words as possible, such as "picturesque", "embodied", "expressive" and "this is". Hubei Daily has a photo of Lee. Z inspecting our province, which is very distinctive. There is such a passage: "Li said kindly,' You are tired enough by yourself. Don't film me. You see, how magnificent and beautiful the mountains and rivers of the motherland are! We should take enough pictures of great rivers and mountains! Give it to me. So, he took the camera from the TV reporter's shoulder and photographed it ... "This picture shows that this is a beautiful prose, which is touching and touching.
In short, writing a good picture description and making the finishing point is higher than the requirements of a written report, because it is really not easy to meet the requirements of 100 words with clear context, beautiful words, accuracy and complete meaning. As a foreign reporter said, to some extent, the title is the most important article we write every day. Although it is difficult, in order to make news pictures have the appeal and impact they deserve in newspaper pages, every photojournalist must always work hard for them! Source: News Outpost
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