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CAPTION

A caption is a title , short explanation or description accompanying an illustration or a
photograph.
Captions include a piece of text appearing on a cinema or television screen as part of a film

or broadcast. A title or a heading or a legal document, or an article in a magazine is also called
a caption. Captions can be written in forms of words, phrases or sentences.
There are criteria for a good caption, as follows

1. It clearly identifies the subject of the picture, without detailing the obvious.
2. It is succinct
3. It establishes the picture’s relevance to the article.

4. It provides context for the picture
5. It draws the reader to the article

CUTLINES
Cutlines are the words (under the caption) describing the photograph or illustration.

Obama vs Palin Caption line
President Obama and former Alaska

Gov. Sarah Palin have agreed to Cutline

disagreed over the rules of a “death

match” scheduled between the two in

the Capitol Rotunda.

The specific information required can vary from one photo to the next. But for most pictures a
reader wants to know such as information as :
1. Who is that ? (in most cases , identify people from left to right unless the action in potograph
demands)
2. Why is the picture in the paper?
3. What’s going on?
4. When and Where was this?
5. Why do they look the way?
6. How did this occur?

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