You already have a montage draft with the sequence in place, and a source log of what you borrowed. Today you finish the two things a viewer needs before they can understand and trust it: captions that say what each part is, and credits for everything you borrowed. By the end you will have captions written, credits drawn from your source log, and a partner check that nothing slipped through uncredited.

A montage without captions leaves the viewer guessing. A montage without credits leaves the makers of the borrowed material invisible, and breaks the crediting and copyright habits you have been practising (if you borrowed it, the viewer should be able to see who made it and that you were allowed to use it).

The strong one names what the image is, who made it, where it came from, and what the licence allows. Licence here means the reuse rule that came with the file (for example free to reuse, or free to reuse with credit). That is the standard for every borrowed image, clip and sound in your montage.

Open your montage draft and your source log. Work through the steps below on your own piece.

1. For each distinct part of your montage (each image, clip, sound or section), add a short caption to that part in your editor, saying what it is and why it is there. One clear sentence is enough. Captions go on the montage, not in a separate document - the credits are the part that stays in your log.
2. Open your source log. For every borrowed file, write a full credit that includes: what the item is, the creator (if known), where it came from, and what the licence allows. Keep these full lines in the log (or on a credits list) even if they are not all on the piece yet.
3. If you have time, start adding credits to your montage in a credits section, end card, or caption block. Place at least one credit on the piece as a model when you can; prioritise music and any main image first. Finish remaining placement in partner time or as homework the class way.
4. Save both the updated montage and the source log the class way.

If a line is hard to start, use these:

• Caption: "This shows ___, and it is here because ___."
• Credit: "[What], [Creator or creator not listed], via [source], [licence / free to reuse]."

Before you finish, check:

• Every part of the montage has a caption a stranger could follow
• Every borrowed image, clip and sound has a full credit drafted in the source log (or on a credits list)
• At least one credit is placed on the piece as a model if you got that far; finishing all placement can continue in partner time or homework the class way
• Both files are saved the class way

1. Open your partner's montage and source log the class way (shared folder, shared screen, or swap seats), whatever your teacher set up, so both are visible before you start the check.
2. Go through the montage part by part. For every borrowed image, clip or sound, find a matching credit in the source log and on the piece itself (or note if it is still only in the log).
3. Flag anything uncredited, anything credited in the log but missing from the piece, or any caption that leaves you unsure what the part is for. Be specific: name the exact file, line or moment.
4. Hand back three notes only: one strength, one missing or weak credit, and one caption that could be clearer (or "captions clear" if they already are).
5. Return to your own piece. Fix your partner's top flag now (the missing or weak credit; captions if you have time). Park any remaining flags as a short list on your source log for the start of next session. Save again the class way.

What did partners actually catch? Missing music credits, a caption that named a file instead of meaning, a log line that never made it onto the piece: those are the gaps that turn a finished-looking montage into something a viewer cannot fully trust.