1. Costs:
I am going to illustrate my images for the graphic novel and so will be buying
some stationary for this. I will need some pencils, fine liners, ruler and colouring
pencils. These items will carry a small cost but this will be the only cost I must
pay. College can provide paper and the computer programmes I may choose to
make use of are also provided freely.
Available resources:
I can use the college iMacs to do research, allowing me to find a good target
audience and gain a better understanding of the market I am going for. I can look
at other existing products that are similar to what I am hoping to make to evaluate
them and to get inspiration. Pens, pencils and other stationary are available to me
so I can use these to do flat planning, scripts and drawing my characters.
Quantity:
The quantity for my graphic novel would be quite low, as I would make it a special
edition copy for the celebration of Chinese new year 2014 on The 31 st of January.
I would make around 100 copies to make sure exclusivity is not affected and
hopefully many will desire the product.
Audience and Target Market:
My target audience could be anyone over the age of 15 but I believe will largely
consist of people around the age of 15-25. This is because of the form of the
publication being a graphic novel usually read by people of around this age.
People who enjoy Chinese folk tales and legends may be interested in this type
of story and also because I will be gaining some inspiration from manga and
anime animation fans of these genres may have an interest in my graphic novel.
Also fans of graphic novels in general could be interested in my publication and
so they will be a good group of people to target as my audience.
Quality Factors:

2. Codes of Practice:
Regulation:
Copyright:
I am basing my story on an old Chinese folk tale and so copyright doesn’t apply,
this is because the story was made far before copyright had been invented.
Copyright only lasts for fifty years so even if it had been under copyrighting laws it
would have long expired, as my story is a few thousand years old.
Ethical Issues:
Some Chinese people may feel that my graphic novel is representing their history
and culture, therefore I must make sure I do this properly making sure they are
presented well.