Caption part 1

 

Definition of Caption Text

Caption text is a short text that is used to complete an image. Caption text appears usually under pictures, photos, graphics, posters and even tables.

The short text serves to describe what is in the image. Captions are usually also used to emphasize the content of an article, essay or report. Gramedia has a book entitled Kick Sakti Copywriting on Twitter, Facebook and Blogs written by Jubilee Enterprise, in this book you will be taught to write captions, tweets, statuses, headlines, and much more effectively and efficiently.

In writing captions, it is very important to choose words that can make the reader interested in seeing the content of the article, essay or report. Therefore, copywriting is very important, especially in social media.

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).

The second sentence is the past tense or past tense and describes the background or situation behind the picture. In addition, write down as much information as possible and do not write information that is not clear. The focus is on telling stories and providing readers with new and interesting information.

The third sentence should be a quote that completes the story in the picture. Many readers like it because it makes each image unique. Quotes can come from the person in the picture, a witness, or a person involved in activities with that person.