YEARBOOK! Reflections

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1 YEARBOOK! Reflections

2 WELCOME TO THE STAFF! ADVISER Mrs. Moon EDITORS Ali Chambers Copy Editor Jordan Davis Design Editor Madi DiPietro Senior Section Editor (+ Senior Ads) Luke Simpson Photography Editor Rachel Stopper Business Editor (Ads, Money, etc.)

3 CAPTIONS First sentence is in present tense while describing what s going on in the photo.! The rest of the caption is past tense while giving more information, background information, quotes, and/or specific details.!

4 CAPTIONS 3-5 sentences per caption.! Caption is specific to the photo and answers who, what, when, where, why, and how. DETAILS!! Use a lead-in, which is the first 3-5 words that grab attention and link photo to rest of caption.! Deep in thought, Reading a book, Taking one last breath, Counting the seconds! Give extra background information (maybe something that happened before or after the photo was taken) that photo doesn t show or that the quote doesn t reveal. Make people want to read your caption!! You should have more details and background information given besides just a quote from someone.! Write creative sentences, and use varied structure of text.!

5 CAPTIONS Tells clearly what s going on in that specific photo; avoid stating the obvious.! Never say, Junior Jensen Toney is giving senior Abby Watkins a hug.! Instead, you say, Junior Jensen Toney gives senior Abby Watkins a hug.! Each person in the photo is labeled in the first sentence of the caption in order from left to right.! Make sure to have grade level and first and last name for each person SPELLED CORRECTLY!!! (Grade level is not capitalized unless it s the first word of the sentence).! Example: Junior Jensen Toney! After mentioning a student, use last name to reference them.! Example: Senior Bernard Castillo hits the ball over the net. Castillo had been playing for 5 years before he joined the team.!

6 CAPTIONS Use past tense when introducing the quote.! Example: Watkins commented, I miss Nichole so much because she is the coolest person I know.! Make sure to tell who is saying the quote.! Use a variety of different quote lead-ins.! Examples: Agreed, commented, shared, explained, stated, exclaimed! Quotes should not be generic. Dig deep!! Ask specific questions in the interview in order to have a better chance of getting an interesting quote.!

7 CAPTIONS Every photo has its own caption.! PROOFREAD. Don t rely on spell checker or your editors.! LOOK UP SPELLING OF NAMES!!!!!!! Never, ever assume. You will get points off for this. This matters because people matter!! Make sure the text is aligned the correct way.!

8 PICTURES Action:! First and foremost, all photos in the yearbook are action shots. DO NOT HAVE POSED PICTURES. We only use candid photos.! Photos are used to tell the story vividly.! If the picture doesn t grab your attention, it won t grab the reader s attention either.! Variation:! Take a variety of different shots at different angles. Have both horizontal and vertical shots to choose from!! Take more pictures than you need for your spread! The more you take, the better. You never know when you might need an extra photo! Make sure your spread has a variety of different photos, colors, and shapes.! Close-ups, far away shops, single shots, group shots! Have a variety of different people. Have diversity within your page!!

9 Posed, bad crop, boring, doesn t tell a story Cool angle, candid, makes reader curious as to what the photo is about, leading line BAD: GOOD: GOOD: BAD: Unexpected angle, creative, interesting, makes reader curious about the story No focus, hard to understand what s going on, boring, dark, bad crop

10 PICTURES Crops:! Crop excess background. There s no need for it!! Get creative! Don t crop each photo the same way. You can use cropping in an artistic way to make your spread more interesting.! Photo Credit:! LMP pictures don t need credit.! Photographers from our yearbook staff don t need credit.! Give credit to parents, teachers, or students that give you photos.! Dominant photo:! Goes with the copy story and headline.! Should be the best (in quality, color, and content) photo on the spread.! Ideally, the largest photo on the spread.!

11 Interesting angle, cool crop, close up, creative Posed, boring background, bad crop, boring GOOD: BAD: BAD: GOOD: Posed, doesn t tell a story, not an action shot, boring Good coverage, tells a story, candid, good quality, action shot

12 INTERVIEWS This is your homework. Research! You need to talk to as many people as you can to know your topic. Otherwise, your coverage could be biased or you could leave out important information.! Conduct original and creative interviews with questions specific to your topic. Come prepared with plenty of questions. We don t want generic quotes!! Don t be scared! Make the person you re talking to comfortable so you can get a good quote.! Coverage, coverage, coverage. It s always a goal in yearbook to include as many people in the book as possible. Don t interview students that you know are probably going to be in the book a bunch. Pick students that won t be in the book otherwise.! Go to the event. Go to practices. Go to rehearsals. You can t always rely on the McGregors or other people. Plus, you can conduct interviews with people personally or get a better view of your topic if you re there.!

13 COPY The copy is the main story on your spread.! Develop a feature angle on your topic. NO overviews are allowed; find a focus.! Example: If your page covers FCCLA and DECA, you could write your copy about one project FCCLA did this year. Get all the information, and cover that one event. Don t give an overview of the whole year or explain what the club is.! Remember that you will need a dominant photo for the copy; you will need to pick a story that will have interesting pictures to illustrate the story.! Pick a story that will allow for you to have good coverage avoid making your copy about one person.! On a sports spread, try to include as many of the players that are on the team as you can.! Think about your audience. What was important to the members of DECA this year? What was a big deal to the tennis players this year?!

14 Interesting story, Lots of details, gives original quotes, tells a good story, indepth, couldn t be in another yearbook, not generic

15 COPY No sentences should say this year because only events from this particular year should be recorded. Do NOT talk about what happens every year; we want interesting and unique things specific to this year and most importantly, our school.! Add life to your story with active voice and outstanding quotes.! Keep your opinions to yourself.! Remember, you re recording. Use past tense, 3 rd person, and specifics. Keep in mind that all different readers will look at your copy and captions people who know about your subject and others who don t.! Keep the fluff out! Don t add filler sentences to make copy appear longer. When you run out of exciting, creative things to include, you can stop.! Always paste copy and captions into Microsoft Word before pasting onto the spread to catch errors and misspellings.! Write in paragraphs, and break up the copy into 2 or 3 columns if needed.!

16 Original quotes, interesting story, digs deep

17 HEADLINES Headline: Our headlines will be a single creative word, with syllables separated by interpuncts, and the appropriate A will be in the yellow brackets. Sub-headline:! A connotative definition of whatever the event is.!

18 GRADES Staff Deadlines You must turn in a PRINTED copy of your finalized spread with a clean, attached rubric. Spreads count for test grades. You will get points off for errors. You are responsible for proofreading and catching mistakes. Your editors are there to help you, but you need to check the rubric to make sure you have everything as close to perfect as possible. Please feel free to have other staff members AND a Language Arts teacher look at your spread and make corrections/suggestions. Spreads will be 20 POINTS OFF for each day they re late. REMEMBER: Do not show your spread to any student who isn t on the Yearbook Staff. Yearbook is confidential!

19 STAFF DEADLINES Deadline One: October 28 th Deadline Two: November 22 nd Deadline Three: January 13 th Deadline Four: February 24 th Deadline Five: April 21 st