L3 Creative Media Production

1. 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:
Camera (Hire or fully bought).
Photoshop license (If not already owned).
Actors (If you plan on taking real pictures to then manipulate).
Food (If using actors, you may need to provide food for them).
Locations (If taking photos, the location you may want may be somewhere you have to hire).
Transport (If taking photos, you may need to pay for transportation to get you there).
Available resources:
The resources that would be available to me at the start would be (obviously) a Mac, I would also have
Photoshop available to me. I would also have access to camera hire, because it is a service that the college
provides.

2. Quantity:
I think that the number of books that would be produced would be in the thousands, as I would expect them to
have multiple copies at bookstores across the country if I were producing them in real life. Such places would
include WHSmith, Waterstones, etc. etc.
Audience and Target Market:
The audience for my book would mostly be under 7 years old. More specifically 2-6 year old, as this is the
time-frame of age where the story would have some kind of meaning, and it’s also the age that picture-books
are most prominent. In terms of class, it won’t be a factor in my book, as it’s not based towards any part of the
class system. My book won’t be focused towards gender, because nothing in the book would determine some
kind of gender bias.
Quality Factors:
Things that would affect the quality of the product would be punctuality/attendance, and attention. For
example, if I were late or absent to some lessons, I wouldn’t have as much time to put into the project as I
would want to, therefore it would not be high quality. Another factor would be attention. This is because if I’m
not paying attention to the work, I’m not putting s much quality into the work as I could be, thus lowering the
overall quality of the work.
Codes of Practice:
Codes of Practice are guidelines for companies to follow in their line of work. For the Publisher’s Association,
the CoP outlines the transaction between publishers and authors, to make sure that neither side is treated
unfairly or ripped off.

3. Regulation:
The three main pieces of regulation for this kind of project would be the Obscene Publications Act 1959 (to
make sure there isn’t anything inappropriate for children in the project), the Equality Act 2010 (to make sure
that no forms of discrimination are implied in the book), and the Toy Safety Directive 2009 (in the event that
the project book also doubles as a ‘toy’, this directive outlines health and safety concerns and aims to make
sure that no part of it could be considered a choking hazard or anything like that).
Copyright:
The fairy tale I am basing my story off of was originally written by Hans Christian Anderson, who died in 1875,
and the book was published in 1843, so it is very much out of copyright now. The source I used to find the plot
of the story was Wikipedia, which is public access so copyright doesn’t apply.
Ethical Issues:
The only thing that might be considered an ethical issue for my book is that it is based in China and if I
accidentally include something from a different culture it may be seen as racist or insensitive. I may also
consider how my characters look, because if I portray them to close to a stereotype, it may also be considered
racist and insensitive.
Resources:

4. 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 don’t currently have, then consider how you are going to get it before you go in to production.
Resource:
Do you have
it? What do you need to do to get it?
Mac. Yes. Come into college.
Photoshop. Yes. Come into college.
Textures. No.
I would need to use my mood board to decide what kind of
textures and patterns I would want to use in my book, then get
search the internet and get images of said textures.
Flat Plan. Yes.
Open up my Pro Forma PowerPoint and find the Digital Flat
Plan slides.
Script. Yes.
The script is in my Pro Forma PowerPoint, and I’d just need to
open it and scroll down to the ‘Script’ slide to view it.

5. 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:
Establish a theme/style in my book.
Obtain all the assets I would need to rotoscope.
Session 2:
Start work on Page 1

6. Begin background for page 1 in the morning.
Work on characters and text in the afternoon.
Session 3:
Start work on Page 2.
Begin work on background in morning sessions.
If time is available, begin work on characters too.
Session 4:
Finish page two characters and text.

7. Start work on Page 3.
Start page 3 background.
Session 5:
Complete page 3 characters and text.
Start work on page 4 background in the afternoon.
Start on page 4 characters if time permits.
Session 6:
Finish stage 4 characters and text

8. Start page 5 background.
Session 7:
Start page 5 characters and text.
If time permits, start page 6 background.
Session 8:
Finish page 6 background.

9. Complete page 6 characters and text.
Start page 7 background if time permits.
Session 9:
Finish page 7 completely.
Complete page 8.
Session 10:
Contingency Time

11. 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 don’t 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?
RSI
Use ergonomic equipment and take regular breaks to
stretch.
Eye Strain
Regular breaks and looking around at other things that
aren’t the screen, so your eyes aren’t just focused on a
screen all the time.
Spilling drinks
Only have water and have it in a bottle with a secure lid to
prevent spilling onto things like the keyboard and mouse.

12. Tripping hazards
Make sure bags and chairs are underneath tables and out
of the way of where feet would be.