Digital Graphic Narrative Planning

Use this booklet to help structure your planning and collate your planning documents.

Considerations:
There are lots of things to consider in this project. Fill out each section in detail to show you have thought about each one. You
should imagine that this is a live project, so considerations like cost, quantity and codes of practice must be thought about in that
context rather than just as a college project.
Costs: My childrens book doesnt have any costs as the college has the resources I require to create my
childrens books.

Available resources: Computers, Paper, Pens, Photoshop,

Quantity: When producing my book I will be creating it on a minor scale, this means it will limited, although
the book is limited I want the book to be sold in and round Yorkshire areas because this gives the reader a
more personal experience with my book. Producing book will mean that the book will have to be created
hundreds of times The childrens book will be produced for a English market as the story is a traditional
Yorkshire story because other cultures may not be able to understand the story.
Audience and Target Market: My Books target audience is children aged between 3-7, as at this age
children can understand what is happening as well as be drawed into the illustrations. Although the book is
designed for children it also needs be suitable for parents as they will be the ones who purchase the book
therefore my book will look professional and sleek. There are already thousands of childrens books out there
on the market and many of them are very popular, most of the childrens books on the market are basic with
simplistic illustration and because of this I will be creating my childrens book in a simplistic way in order to
make sure the book is targeted at my audience.
Quality Factors: When creating my book there will be factors in which can affect my work one of these is
motivation, as I need to be motivated in order to produce the best work possible. During the planning stages I
need to have created a successful and useful plan, as this will allow me to stick by this plan and just develop
my initial ideas when producing the book. File management is important when producing the book and
because of this I will make sure that the files will be organised and back up to many different sources as this
means if my flash drive is corrupted or lost, I can carry on from where I left off.
Codes of Practice: The code of practise is the publishers association codes of practise; these are the rules,
which publishers must follow when interacting with an author. One of the rules is that The publisher must
not cancel a contract without good and proper reason.

Regulation: If any books fall in the Toy category then you the book must comply with the Toy Safety
Directive 2009/48/EC but this only applies if the book is to be sold on a European market. In childrens books
there is no real regulation and the Toy safety directive is the closest the children book market has. If the book
contains any stereotypical racist then it can also be subject to the Equality Act 2010, there is also the
obscene publications act and this means that the work must be suitable for its purpose or it could be subject
to the obscene publications act.
Copyright: In my story copyright is irrelevant in regards to the story as it is a traditional medieval local story
therefore there has never been copyright placed on the story therefore I can use it copyright free. Although
many original images have been used in order to help me produce the test pages so in order no to be subject
to copyright I will make sure my images are adapted and dont resemble the original image used to as this will
mean I can avoid any copyright infringement.

Ethical Issues: Ethical issues in my book are little as there is a female servant and male king and this could
show sexism as it shows that men are more respected and better than women, although to counter this I will
be making sure that there isnt a distinct difference in class as then it shows that men and women are more
equal.

Resources:
A successful project relies on good planning. Considering all the resources you will need for a project and then assessing which
you already have and which you need will help ensure you are ready to start your project.
If there is a resource you dont currently have, then consider how you are going to get it before you go in to production.
Resource:

Do you have
it?

Computer

Photoshop Software

Pens

Paper

Storyboard

Script

What do you need to do to get it?

Production Schedule:
Delivering your project on time is vital. In order to do this, you need a solid plan of action. This will help you divide up your work in
to manageable chunks to be tackled one at a time. It will also allow you to plan which tasks need to be done in which order. It will
also allow you to track your progress each day. If you are falling behind, you will need to modify the way you work. If you work
faster than expected, you can clearly see what the next steps you need to take are.
Each session is a half day of college.
Session 1:

Creating The King Character & Pike Character

Creating The King Character & Pike Character

Create the first Page Background

Session 2:
Create The Background For First Page

Combine the characters with the Background

Add Text To Page

Session 3:

Begin Page 2 By starting with altering the background

Alter Characters and add in new props.

Add Text To Page 2

Session 4:
Begin Page 3 By creating a New Background.

Continue making new background

Alter Characters and then Implement them.

Session 5:

Add Text To Page 3

Begin Page 4 Create New Background.

Create New Background

Session 6:
Alter Characters and implement them.

Add Text to Page 4

Create The Servant Character

Session 7:

Create the Servant Character.

Begin Page 5

Use Existing Background and implement Characters into scene.

Session 8:
Begin Page 6 By altering characters

Create New Background

Add Characters to background

Session 9:

Add Text To Page 6

Begin Page 7 by altering characters

Add Text Page 7

Session 10:
Start Page 8 by altering character and adding to existing background

Add Text to Page 8

Evaluate Work and Check for mistakes.

Health and safety:

Your health and safety and that of those around you is very important. Just like in industry, an accident could prevent you from
working. Whilst we dont work in a highly dangerous environment, there are still risks. Some are short term, such as trips and
spillages whilst others, such as long term damage to eyesight or back problems, may affect you much later in life.
Consider the risks based on the activities you will be undertaking during the project. Explain how you could prevent them from
happening.
Ensure you reference appropriate pieces of legislation, design to protect people at work.

Health and Safety Issue

How can you prevent it?

Tripping can be caused by bags not being placed

underneath the desk and therefore can cause accidents.

People making sure that their bags are placed

underneath to stop people tripping over bags can prevent
this issue.

There can be water spills, which happen whilst working

this is a major health and safety hazard as water can
conduct electricity and can affect people nearby the spill.

Making sure that all bottle tops are tightly secured so that
water doesnt escape the bottle because this can prevent
this.

Lose wires can be an issue as in a room full of electronics

there can be many wire therefore this can a health and
safety issues as people can easily trip.

Lose wires can be resolved by making sure that wires are

tidily put away in areas in which no one can trip and cause
a accident.

Using Screens for a long period of time can cause stress

to your eyes and can also lead to headaches and more
serious issues.

To prevent any long-term effects you can take the 5minute intervals in order to stop any distress.

Back pain & cramp can also be a health and safety issue
To stop this you can use get out of your chair and move
when using a computer for a long period your body can be around also if you have a chair with wheels you can
effected by sitting in a chair as your muscles can tighten
change the height and the positioning of the chair in order
up.
to meet the needs.