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Caption Introductions

The Death of Michael Brown

Subject (Who): Protesters

Verb: march
Date: Aug 20, 2014
Place: Ferguson, Mo.

Identify the following information the following elements from the SECOND SENTENCE of the caption:

Why: a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year old, in the St. Louis suburb.

and/or

How: Michael was shot several times by a white police officer.

Ebola Doctor

Subject (Who): Dr. Rick Scara

Verb: Describes

Date: Friday Sept. 26, 2014

Place: west africa

Identify the following information the following elements from the SECOND SENTENCE of the caption:

Why: A doctor who contracted the Ebola virus in Africa, describes all he was able to see of his caregivers while in a Nebraska isolation facility during a media availability at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Friday Sept. 26, 2014, in Worcester, Mass. 

and/or

How: He went to the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Friday Sept. 26, 2014.

Winter Weather

Subject (Who): The people
Verb: dig
Date: Friday, Feb. 14, 2014

Place: Albany, N.Y.

Identify the following information the following elements from the SECOND SENTENCE of the caption:

Why: People are digging out their vehicles buried in snow in downtown Albany, N.Y.

and/or

How:

UCLA Flooding

Subject (Who): Workers
Verb: water cascades
Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Place: Los Angeles
Identify the following information the following elements from the SECOND SENTENCE of the caption:

Why:
and/or
How: Water cascades down on them on the UCLA campus after flooding from a broken 30-inch water main under nearby Sunset Boulevard.

Medal of Honor

Subject (Who): Leroy Petry

Verb: stands
Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Place: the Capitol in Olympia, Wash
Identify the following information the following elements from the SECOND SENTENCE of the caption:

Why: Petry lost his hand in 2008 when an enemy grenade he was throwing away from fellow soldiers detonated while in combat in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
and/or
How:

Immigration Overload

Subject (Who): Two young girls 

Verb: watch
Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Place: Nogales, Ariz.
Identify the following information the following elements from the SECOND SENTENCE of the caption:

Why: CPB provided media tours of two locations in Brownsville, Texas, and Nogales, that have been central to processing the more than 47,000 unaccompanied children who have entered the country illegally since Oct. 1. 

and/or
How:

Magazine Essential Parts

                   Magazine Essential Parts

Step 1: List the parts of a Magazine Cover labeled on the image.

Masthead (title, logotype, logo or nameplate)	The name of the magazine displayed in a specific typeface. This is the visual branding of the title and is often done in a specially designed typeface to be easily recognised and unique. The masthead - also called a title - is usually used on the contents page inside as well as the front cover, and as a logo for advertising and branding purposes. Titles for leading magazines are often designed by specialised typographers such as Dave Farey and Richard Dawson (Good Food, Maxim, Design Week) andMatthew Carter (Private Eye). Note that the Cosmo title above overlays the cover image. Some magazines will put the image on top of the title, as with the 1916 Bystander. Rarely these days, the title letting will be split or the whole title moved to allow space for an image
Dateline	Month and year of publication, often with the price. Note that a monthly magazine usually hits the news-stands the month before the cover date
Main image	In the case of this front cover there is a single image of the model Shania. The image is used in a classic way, the face is big enough to stand out on the news-stand, with the model making full eye-contact
Model credit	This says: 'Shania: So hot.' It is unusual for such a credit to appear on a magazine front cover, but it is done sometimes on fashion magazines. The photographer and model credit is usually on the contents page
Coverlines	From the 1950s, greater competition on the newsstands resulted in more cover lines. Today, some magazines print special covers for subscribers' copies that use few cover lines. Cosmopolitan magazine uses a lot of cover lines, which are distributed around the main image without detracting from it too much. A mistake often made with cover lines is that they run over an image that has a lot of colour changes, rendering the words difficult to read. This is a problem here with the red text on the hair on the left and the smaller yellow text against Shania's skin
Main cover line	This is very large - taking up almost a quarter of the magazine cover - and comes in three layers, each with a different colour. It promotes the use of naked male centrefolds, a feature of Cosmopolitan in the UKsince its first issue. Note the main cover line is positioned against the model's shoulder so it shows up clearly
Left third	The left third of the magazine cover is vital for sales in shops where the magazine is not shown full-frontage. The title must be easily recognisable in a display of dozens of competitors. The start of the masthead is important here, as are short cover lines that are easy to read The top fifth of the cover - usually dominated by the masthead - may be the vital part in supermarkets, where magazines are displayed differently
Bar code	Standard bar code used by retailers, displayed on UK magazines since 1988. Will often include publication date and price. Special subscriber covers often omit this
Selling line	Short, sharp description of the title's main marketing point (for Cosmopolitan: 'The world's No 1 magazine for young women') or perhaps setting out its editorial philosophy, such as FHM's 'funny, sexy, useful'
Covers evolve over time	They may be tweaked to exploit new printing techniques; switch from full face to a body shot; use illustration rather than photography; move the target readership age up or down; or simply to freshen things up. Take a look at 4 Girl covers for one example; or 3 covers from Record Mirror. Compare the cover above with Cosmo's first UK issue in 1972. What's changed and why? Pay attention to detail - does the cover image go in front of or behind the masthead? Why do you thinkCompany's 2001 masthead is so similar toCosmopolitan's?
More cover ideas	women's magazines - see how the glossies do it men's magazines - compare and contrast 150 covers weekly magazines - approaches from the 20th century teen magazines for inspiration explore music magazines 4 pages of magazine covers to surf through
Legal issues	There have been many legal cases brought by publishers accusing each other of copying designs. The main charge is that one title is trying to 'pass itself off' as another. Among the battles have been: The Financial Times tried to prevent London'sEvening Standard printing its business pages on pink paper. It failed, with the judge saying readers were unlikely to confuse the broadsheet FT with the tabloid Standard. Celeb weekly Hello! warning OK! not to copy its look. Red and Real clashed over their title designs, with the latter giving way and redesigning its masthead. Compare Red and Real here. However, many titles do imitate another's design or name and some sectors, such as the celebrity weeklies and home magazines end up with a similar look. Among the main design strategies are: title and cover text laid on top of a bleedimage (as with Cosmo above); a cut-out image on a white or coloured background - see In Style, Queen and Four Four Two for examples; the main cover image in a box below the title with a white border around all the sides. SeeEducational Computing (1987) and Car (2006); the title on a white background above an image that bleeds off the bottom and sides, such as Topic in 1962 and Interiors; historically, some consumer magazines carriedcover adverts, such as 1935 Bystander. The practice has carried on for some trade magazines, and is now coming back in the 'freemium' sector such as wraparound covers on Shortlist and Stylist.

Step 2: In your own words summarize what each of these 9 parts does.

Blog #2 - Best magazine covers of 2014 and the last 40 Years

Finalist

Texas Monthly, June, The 50 Best BBQ Joints . . . in the World!

"Every five years, we are tasked with not only ranking the top fifty barbecue joints in the state (pass the Tums, please) but also with coming up with a cover to make our readers drool. To help with the latter, the owner of our number one joint, Aaron Franklin, arranged a heaping tray of his finest meats, while creative director T.J. Tucker painstakingly hand-lettered typography drawn by Jon Contino in barbecue sauce. The rest was left to photographer Wyatt McSpadden, who captured the full scene in all its glory. If this cover isn’t the definition of food porn, we don’t know what is."

Finalist

The New York Times Magazine, December 29, The Lives They Lived

Photographer: Henry Leutwyler

Designer: Arem Duplessis

"For our annual Lives They Lived issue, we commissioned the photographer Henry Leutwyler to shoot a portfolio of personal effects of famous people who died in 2013. We featured James Gandolfini’s beloved Cadillac convertible on the cover. Shot from behind, the car is a moving point of entry for the issue."

 

 

Finalist

ESPN The Magazine, September 16, Floyd Mayweather in The Fight Issue

"Benjamin Lowy’s photograph of Floyd Mayweather wasn’t intended to be a cover; he took this shot for what we call a “technique shot.” Yet when we saw the defending champ demonstrating his famous shoulder roll, we knew it had to be the cover of our Fight Issue, one with profiles and separate covers of Mayweather and his opponent Canelo Alvarez. We decided to go with a bright white background—a rarity for The Magazine—to contrast the fighter’s dark skin, showing off the beads of sweat on his forehead and intense concentration in his eyes. We offer this cover as an athlete who is the embodiment of his craft in a rare moment when boxing rose to the top of the sports conversation."
 

Winner

W, December/January, The Art Issue

"For W’s December/January Art Issue, the magazine collaborated with artist Yayoi Kusama to create this iconic cover image depicting George Clooney. The visually arresting image is the highlight of the cover story, for which five leading female artists were invited to create interpretive portraits of the actor. Clooney wears a suit painted by Kusama with her signature polka dots and stands against a polka-dotted backdrop. Planned to coincide with the opening of an exhibition of new work by Kusama at David Zwirner Gallery, the cover makes a powerful reference to the artist’s iconic self-portraits."

Best Portrait Planning and Grading Criteria

                     Portrait Planning and GradingCriteria

Answer the following questions (and be SPECIFIC):

Who will you shoot? Bradley Barto
Where will you shoot? Courtyard
What will be your background? trees
Describe the mood you want to achieve: casual

Best Photos of 2014 And Your Favorites

             
                        Best Photos of 2014

I like this photo because of the way it was taken. The way the smoke rolls and how clear and dark the photo is. Also it has a story on how a man resembles the U.S. slowly make weed legal. Something that won't kill you even if you abuse it. (In this photo made former U.S. Marine Sgt. Ryan Begin smokes medical marijuana at his home in Belfast, Maine. Begin had his right elbow blown off by a roadside bomb in 2004 and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. Maine could lead the way for legalization in the northeast, as two of its biggest cities have gone legal, and advocates want to take it statewide.)

I love this photo because of Robin Williams. He was one of my favorite actors of all time. He died Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, in an apparent suicide. Williams was 63. This is also a very clear and crisp photo, it is taken as a self portrait.

I love this photo because of the Air Force. I want to go into the Air Force to be a mechanic. This picture is very filled with excitement, joy, aircrafts, crowds of happiness. (Air Force Academy graduates throw their caps into the air as F-16 jets from the Thunderbirds make a flyover, at the completion of the graduation ceremony for the class of 2014, at the U.S. Air Force Academy, in Colorado, Wednesday, May 28, 2014.)

                          Your Favorites

What was the best movie of 2014?

"Unbroken" 

I loved this movie because of the time setting and encoraging story. This is one movie that I really want to see.

"Here's a stirring love letter from director Angelina Jolie to Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who found his courage sorely tested in a Japanese POW camp. Jack O'Connell as Louis and Miyavi as his sadistic guard are both superb, but it's Jolie who took a story Hollywood ignored for decades, got it done and made it resonate."
What was the most important news story of the year?

"Ferguson"

I choose this news report because it was a major reverse racism. It was history in the making, also Obama is now officially racist against white people too. It also caught a lot if the worlds attention because of the retaliation of other country's.

What was the best song of 2014?Old 97s, "Longer Than You've Been Alive"

The alt-country vets get real about what it's like to be a band for 20-plus years in this wry lament. 

Who was the most important person of 2014?

"Malala Yousafzai"

People whose courage has been met by violence populate history. Few, though, are as young as Malala was when, at 15, a Taliban gunman boarded her school bus in northwestern Pakistan and shot her and two other girls, attempting to both kill Malala and, as the Taliban later said, teach a “lesson” to anyone who had the courage to stand up for education, freedom and self-determination, particularly for girls and women. Or as young as 11, when Malala began blogging for the BBC’s Urdu site, writing about her ambition to become a doctor, her fears of the Taliban and her determination to not allow the Taliban — or her fear — to prevent her from getting the education she needed to realize her dreams.

What are you looking forward to in 2015?

"Graduation"

I am class of 2015, looking forward to moving farther in life by getting a better job. Getting a better job means more money and better ways to improve things that need it most.