This document provides planning details for a digital graphic narrative project. It includes considerations for costs, available resources, quantity, target audience, quality factors, codes of practice, regulations, copyright, ethical issues, a production schedule, and health and safety. Costs may include hardware, software, stationery, and hiring an agent. Resources include a computer, images from Google, and Photoshop software. The narrative will have a limited print run, target children aged 3-7, and follow regulations and codes of practice. A production schedule outlines tasks over 10 sessions. Health and safety risks like repetitive strain injury and eye strain are considered.

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: There are many cost associated with publishing a book:
1. Computer hardware - laptop, memory stick, computer, printer, and scanner.
2. Software - Photoshop, Microsoft office.
3. Other- firewall, internet access, printer ink.
4. Stationery- Pencils, paper, envelopes.
5. Proof-reader
6. Hiring an agent to ensure that I get the best possible deal from the publisher.
Available resources: The computer is useful to write up the book and get images from google. I used
images such as: duckling, mother duck and swan from google.
Farmhouse and lake are used as my locations throughout the story. These images helped me to sketch
characters on paper and create a flat-plan. A scanner helped to scan the flat-plan for my children’s book.
I did a script to decide what text would be on each page.
A printer and ink are required to print the hard copy of the book.
Photoshop is also available to me to edit images and text from the original photo.
The font I am using for my book would be Arial, size sixteen because it would be easier for children to
understand and read.

2. Quantity: My children’s book would be used for a niche market because I am trying to target young children.
It would be produced in a limited print run to test its initial success.
Audience and Target Market: My story is for children aged 3-7. The reason I selected this age group for my
book is because the reader would be more drawn to the images and will have some knowledge about animals
in their environment. The Ugly Duckling is for males and females.
There is a moral behind this story which allows adults to easily convey to young children.
Quality Factors:
 A5 paper
 Semi-gloss
 Soft cover full glossed
 Full colour
 Illustrations
 The picture on each page takes up two- thirds of the page
Codes of Practice: Publishers should be guided by association code of conduct. For example:
1. The publisher should be aware of the author’s moral rights.
2. The publisher must not cancel contract without good reason.
3. If the author misses the deadline, the publisher has the right to take money.

3. Regulation: I must ensure that all aspects of my book meets the necessary regulations.
Copyright: This classic story is not new and would have to ensure that it is not copyrighted. When licensing
my work I will retain copyright. The author’s moral rights need to be stated within the contract.
Ethical Issues: At the beginning of the book, the image of the ugly duckling could be seen as a negative
stereotype because it could make the child feel inferior and adults insecure. The text and imagery may not
have ethical issues but I would seek professional advice to cover all my bases.

4. 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?
Computer yes
Google yes
Paper yes
Scanner yes
Photoshop yes
Script yes
Locations yes
Font
yes
Printer
yes
Ink yes

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:
Make main characters: farmer, swan
Session 2:

6. Locations- farmhouse, lake
Session 3:
Reuse and adapt mother duck into wild ducks.
Make cockerel and speech bubbles.
Session 4:

7. Enter text for page four.
Putting characters in particular background.
Session 5:
Work on page five and six for text and images.
Session 6:

8. Reuse “ugly duckling”, add footprints, and adapt eyes and beak, reuse grass.
Add text. (page seven)
Session 7:
Reuse lake but change colour to look like ice.
Crop cyglet and add text. (page eight and nine)
Session 8:

9. Add images and text for page eleven and twelve.
Align swan and faces left.
Session 9:
Do page ten.
Session 10:

10. Copy mother duck from page three and put her behind the eggs, on page one.
Leave nest in background and make eggs cracked. (page two)

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?
Slouching back posture
Sit upright on a comfortable chair and make sure the
monitor is situated on a flat desk at the same level.
Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) to hand and wrists
Taking a break from the computer equipment (keyboard,
mouse) and do different activities.

12. Display screen equipment regulations 1992
Have a break from the computer screen, so your eyes
won’t be affected from the glare from the monitor’s
screen.