Digital Graphic Narrative

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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:
In my production I will not be spending any money, the only thing I will be spending money on to travelling to
get here to do my children’s book.
Available resources:
What I will be using is computer, Photoshop and the internet. These are the sources I will be using to create
my children’s book. I will be using Photoshop, to bring all my work together and put it in to a book, as well it is
where I will be doing all my editing to my work for instance rota scoping and scanning in my drawings.
The internet, where I will be getting my photos from to build up my book.
College will be providing me with a computer and I will be using this to do my work on and it will be just
colleges computers as, they have Photoshop which I need to be able to use

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Quantity:
The amount of work I want to publish I think I would go mainstream so quiet a few, as this is where I will be
able reach a wide range of different target audience and have better circulation. Another reason why i would
go mainstream is because, it is a simple book that has done well before; it’s a better way of getting your book
known so, that is probably what I would aim for.
Audience and Target Market:
For my audience I will be aiming for 5+ female; I will be aiming for this audience because my story is about
someone becoming a princess. To attract a female audience I will need to use certain things for instance
colours like pink and love as this portrays love.
Another thing I will be aiming for adults as well, as this is who will be buying the book. They will be working
class, so they are able to afford the book. What I will need to do to attract an older audience is make it look
child friendly and use specific types of colours
Quality Factors:
Not enjoying your project
Distractions
Stress
Being here or not, big impact on how much you need to complete
Not following the planning, can get you away on what you actually need to be doing. Can make you lose track
what thing you need to done in a certain amount of time.
Codes of Practice:
Make sure there is no copyright in my work that someone can complain about and say it’s their work.
i) a title which identifies the work or (for incomplete works) the nature and agreed length and scope of
the work; I show this in my development proforma, I have provide all my ideas on what I will be
using in my children’s book to create ‘Princess and the Pea
ii) The responsibility for preparing the supporting materials (e.g. indexes, illustrations, content for
accompanying websites or other ancillary material etc.), and for obtaining permissions and paying
for the supporting materials in which the copyright is held by third parties;
The materials I will be using are all at college. At the start of the college we pay a fee of what
materials we will be using for instance the computers

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Regulation:
Diplay screen regulations in 1992
H+S at work act 1974
Copyright:
For copy right the sources I will be using will be all my own, I will not be using animated work that has already
been made.
Ethical Issues:
My book does not portray any ethical issues

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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 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?
Photoshop Yes I need to come to college to be able to complete my work.
Apple Computer
Internet Yes
I can use this either at college or at home, but to get ahead of m
self I can et some resources at home so, when I am at college
the next day I don’t need to waste my time finding pictures

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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: Tuesday
I will be collecting all my recourses of Google for instance the backgrounds like forest, castle, textures
and a bed. I am collecting each of these, as I will have to rota scope them. When iv done that create a
file for each page a putting the images in them so it gives a clear view of what is going where.
Start on my first page. I will start doing the background first and if iv got time start doing my charters that
will be viewing on this page. The first page is Penelope out side going in to the woods and I will be
creating a wall showing the separation from the woods. To create the wall I will be using shapes and
cover it with a texture to give it more depth. I will then develop this more and add in shadows
Add in text and make sure there is a specific space where it is going to be placed
Session 2:Wednesday
9:15- 10.25 In the morning spend the first lesson working on the page 2 and make sure everything is
done for that.
10:40- 11:50 start to develop on to my 2nd page, start on the background. I will be using the picture I
found from Google and rotoscoping it and add in colours to create the scene.
2:05- 15:15 I will be starting to build on creating my main character Penelope for my first page. To
create her I will be taking pictures my self of Lucy so I am able to get the outline and features of her. I
will be having to rotoscoped her.
If I haven’t finish doing my work on 2nd page carry on improving it or if I have go on to work on page 3

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Session 3: Thursday
12:50 Carry on completing any improvements that need to be done on my 2. I will be carrying on
working on Penelope now adding colour and her outfit of what she will be wearing. This outfit will be her
whole outfit for the book because this is how you will be able to know its her and the colours represent
her.
14:05 Move on to creating my 3rd page and make the background for that. Carry on creating a wood on
the 2nd page as they join together. I will then start to create my castle; to create this I will e using shapes.
15:30 make another structure of Penelope so it match’s the scene.
Session 4: Friday
9:15 Carry on creating my characters. Start to develop on creating the queen I will be rotoscoped a
photo I tuck of Emily
10:40 Put the page together as in the background and characters and put them in to place.
Add in the text.
Session 5: Tuesday
9:15 Start working on page 4 creates the background. I will be zooming in on the castle to the doors
10:40 carry on working on the background or if I have done that start to add my characters in.
Session 6:Wednesday
9:15 start to create page 5
10.40 create page 6
2:05- 15:15 Add in the character
Start page 7 create the back ground
Session 7:Thursday
9:15 put the text in to pages I have missed
10.40 Carry on creating page 7 if I have done that add in the character

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12:50 start page 8. Do the back ground
2:05 add in the text and characters
Session 8: Friday
9:15 Make page 8 and 9 back ground
Add in text and character
Session 9: Tuesday
Complete anything that needs to be done
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?
Make sure there is no water around the electrical
If you are wanting to drink water make sure it is in a bottle
so if it falls, it wont go everywhere.
Whirs could be all on the floor
Make sure they are against the wall so they aren’t in
people way as they could fall over them
Chairs could be stuck out
Make sure they are tucked in to the tables because
people could walk in to them.