Thursday, January 10, 2013

Caption Practice/ Vocabulary

Caption 1:
Who: President Barak Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.
What: embrace.
Where: Tarmac of the Davenport Iowa Airport
When: August 15, 2012 (Wednesday)
Why: the Obamas have not seen each other in three weeks.
How: warmly, passionately.
Background: After seeing Michelle, President Obama tripped on the tarmac and slammed on the ground hitting his head. He was flown to the closes hospital treatment.  

Sentence 1: Verb? (Present tense) President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama passionately embrace on the tarmac of the Davenport Iowa Airport on Wednesday. 
Sentence 2: Verb? (Past tense) The Obamas had not seen each other for three weeks while the president campaigned cross the country.

Caption Headers: Warm embrace after long campaign.

Caption 2:
Who: Famous South Korea singer PSY
What: sings, performs, hovers
Where: arena, stadium in central Seoul, South Korea
When: October 2, 2012 (Tuesday)
Why: to entertain his fans
How: energetically
Background: PSY's song "Gangnam Style" has become an international hit that has earned more than a billion hits on YouTube. the video features a horse riding dance, a cowboy hat wearing dancer in an elevator and a dance off with a guy in a yellow suit.

Sentence 1: Verb? (Present tense) South Korean pop singer PSY sings energetically in a arena in central Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday to entertain his fans. 
Sentence 2: Verb? (Past tense) PSY's international hit song "Gangnam Style" has earned more than a billion hits on YouTube.

Caption Headers: PSYchotic horse riding dance.

Caption 3:
Who: Tourist Mario and Layla
What: Swimming, playing in the water.
Where: Piazza San Marco (St. Mark's Square) in Venice, Italy.
When: November 11, 2012 (sunday)
Why: High tides flooded Venice.
How: Happily playing in the water
Background: 

Sentence 1: Verb? (Present tense)
Sentence 2: Verb? (Past tense)

Caption Headers: Swimming in

Vocabulary: 
  • Depth of Field (shallow and wide): the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image.
  • Light (angle and intensity) element that makes things visible.
  • Shadows: a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
  • Diffusion: a retraction of light or an erratic display or light passing through an element (scattering).
  • Exposure: the amount of light allowed to fall on each area of photograph.
  • Aperture (f-stops): the opening that allows light to pass through a lens and reach the camera sensor. 
  • Shutter speed: the length of tim the shutter of the camera is open.
  • ISO: the sensitivity to light of a camera's sensor.
Types of lenses:
  • Telephoto: zoom
  • Prime (fix): NO zoom, sharper detail.
  • Wide angle: see more, wider.
News Values:
  • Timeliness: getting something fast, BRAKING NEWS
  • proximity: Location
  • conflict: fights
  • human interest: drama in peoples lives
  • prominence: being famous or being important
  • impact: does this event effect people?
  • novelty: things out of the unusual 



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