The document outlines planning considerations for a digital graphic narrative project. It discusses costs, available resources, quantity, audience and target market, quality factors, codes of practice, regulation, copyright, ethical issues, and required resources. A production schedule is then proposed, dividing the project into 10 sessions over 10 weeks. Health and safety issues related to substances, display screen equipment, and safe studio practices are also addressed, with preventative measures suggested.

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:
For making my book there would be no costs as all the equipment I would need is accessible for free but if I
was potentially going to make this book commercially I would have lots of things to think about. Some of these
things would be; production costs- so actually making the book so individual things id have to think about
paper costs ink and printing costs. I would also need a illustrator and potentially a writer unless I already have
a story for the book.
Available resources:
The available resources to me in college for making my book are: Computer/Macs, Photoshop, dafont,
printing costs covered, scanner if needed, cameras to hire
Quantity:
As I wont be commercially selling this book for this task I wont need to think about selling these in quantity’s
but if I was to start producing this book commercially then I would be selling it in the 1000’s trying to make it a
big recognisable name in the children’s book industry.

2. Audience and Target Market:
The audience for my book is varied as there is two target audiences the first would be kids aged around 3-7
as I think this Is the perfect age for my book to be aimed at as they will be old enough to understand the story
and recognise the images on the pages. The next audience that I will be aiming for is the older audience of
parents, as my book will have to appeal to them to want to read it to their kids. If my book didn’t give a good
story that would make a parent want to come back and read again then they wouldn’t want to buy the book.
My book could appeal to multiple classes as it isn’t specified to anyone and all classes have kids that will go
to pre school or have book read to them.
Quality Factors:
For my book to be produced with a high level of quality I will have to take a few things into account. The first
would be time, making sure I had enough time and scheduling my time to suit how I will make my book
because if I get behind on scheduling then my quality of the book might need to dropped to ensure that I can
catch up and finish the book on time.
Also being here to complete the work, if I am not here or late then that is taking vital work time from me to
finished the book.
Codes of Practice:
These rules will not apply when making my book as I am not hiring people or publishing the book.
The contract must set out the anticipated timetable for publication: this would have to be taken into
consideration for getting the book into a timescale this would apply if the publisher or illustrator or even writer.
The only reasons that this time bracket can be broken is for a need to clear extra permissions, or legal
problems such as libel.
The publisher must not cancel a contract without good and proper reason: a contract could only be
cancelled by the publisher for 3 reasons; Time- if the author or illustrator isn’t going to be ready by the
contracted time that they need to be finished by.
Standard and quality- if the work drops below the standards you were expecting then you also have the right
to terminate the contract.
Defamation or illegality- the publisher is under no obligation to publish the work if there is a sense of
deformations, which would mean there is some illegality to the work.

3. Regulation:
Regulation could come into consideration if I was to publish my book with toys includes or if it was a pop up
book. If somebody felt that this book was a hazard or unsafe they would then report it to the Toy Safety
Directive 2009/48/EC. As my book will include no toys, small pieces or pop up pages I will not have to take
into consideration this rule but if my book was for commercial use then I would have to think about these
types of things and getting the toys authorized.
Copyright:
With creating my book I will have to consider what copyrights I could be breaking. With my book I am
currently making I will more than likely not be breaking any copyright laws but if I was to make this book for
commercial use I would have to think about multiple things that I could be pulled up on. The main one being
the actual story, as most of the story’s we are doing are based on original fairytales and kids books there will
be no copyright on them due to how old the originals are so that even if they were copyrighted they cannot be
no more after people have made multiple spin offs of them. I would also have to think about my font, as I will
be using some either from dafont or original Microsoft ones I don’t have to worry about copyrights unless they
specifically say I’m not aloud to use them. If I was to choose a font that had a copyright on it for a commercial
publication of my book then id have to ask permission or buy the rights to the font from the owner.
Ethical Issues:
Within my book I do not have to consider any ethical issues now as I have gone though my script to check
and make sure there is nothing wrong regarding ethical issues. But if I was creating a commercial use book I
would have to think about Decency, representation and cultural sensitivity some of these things could be seen
in older children’s books but we have to focus on taking these out of the books so that nobody is upset or hurt
by what is said or shown in the book.

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/Macs Yes
Photoshop Yes
Font No
Go on to Dafont or a Microsoft programme to choose the
font/fonts I will be using in my story.

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:
My first session I will try making at least two of my characters. Thinking about trying to show their
individual characteristics and personality’s. I think aiming to do 2 characters is reasonable as ill keep 1
hour and 30mins each.
Session 2:
Session 2 I will carry on with my character creating as this would be my longer session of the week id
aim to try and fit 3 fully finished characters into this session and also finishing off and small touches to
make sure the first 2 are high quality and look good. I will try to get my wolf finished first on this day as
he is a main character and need to be one that is finished where as the pigs are more simpler.
Session 3:
In session 3 I will start work on the backgrounds for my book starting on Page 1 and I think I will target
to make at least 3 pages a session so about 1 per hour as these are simpler than the characters I need
to make.

6. Session 4:
Session 4 I will continue with making my backgrounds aiming for another 3 made in the 3 hour session I
will have.
Session 5:
In this session I will continue with the backgrounds trying to finish another 3 and then going back to
make sure the quality on all of the others are fine.
Session 6:
Session 6 is our longer session and I will spend the first hour and half finishing the final page and then
going back and finishing off any of the others. After the first hour and half I will have 3 more hours in
which I will start thinking about the positioning of the characters on the pages and where would work
best for the text to fit.
Session 7:
Session 7 I will hopefully have got through all of the characters positioning in the pages but I will reserve
the first 30 minutes making sure I am happy with them. I will then spend the rest of the session picking
the font in which I will use and start typing it all out on word and spell checking through it.
Session 8:
Session 8 I will start to transfer the text onto my pages in the spaces I have left for them I will have to
consider what font size and spacing will be used to work with the book best.

7. Session 9:
Session 9 will be spent changing characters positions and body movements to add more realism to the
book I will have done a lot of this when placing the characters in the backgrounds so I wont have a lot to
do. With the rest of the session I will spend it look over the pages and altering and background that I
think need more or less added or taken away from them.
Session 10:
Session 10 will be my final session to go over the whole book altering anything that I feel are incorrect
or need adding to.

8. 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?
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
regulations (COSHH)
Even though this wont apply for my work if I was to use
and hazardous substances I would have to think about
some things to prevent it which could include: thinking
about substitutes to use in stead of a hazardous
substance, making sure I am only using it in a well
ventilated room or outside to prevent people breathing it
in, acting responsibly around them this could include just
wearing protective clothing and thinking about the
procedures as well as behaving stupidly when using them.
Display screen equipment regulations 1992
some preventable measures could be: Taking breaks
from the screen if you have been starting at it for a long
period of time, this just gives your eyes chance to refocus,
correct posture and seat positioning, adequate lighting to
stop eyestrain and headaches.

9. Safe practices in studios and workshops
This is one that will apply for our room as people could
leave hazards around the room some examples are:
making sure bags and chairs are hidden or tucked away
to prevent people tripping over them, not leaving wires
trailing across the room make sure they are covered by
wire covers or just not there in the first place, any broken
equipment (chairs, computers, exposed wiring) make sure
all of these are removed, fixed or made aware for
everyone.