This document provides planning details for a digital graphic narrative project to create a children's book. It includes sections on costs, available resources, quantity, audience, quality factors, codes of practice, regulation, copyright, ethical issues, and a production schedule. For costs, it notes that since the project is for college, it will not have real publication costs. The available resources section lists the internet, Photoshop, and existing children's books. It plans to create around 500-800 copies. The target audience is children ages 6-9 in the UK and Germany. The production schedule outlines creating characters, backgrounds, and individual book pages over 10 sessions.

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 this project it wont costanything because I have all of the equipmentI need to create the
illustrations in the book and I’m not actually going to publish my children’s book so I wont have
to pay for anything. If I was publishing my book and was to use other equipmentbesides
Photoshop I would have to pay to get the other equipment and pay to publish the bookand
ship it around the country and other places around the world also If I wanted to advertise my
new children’s bookon TV or by posters it would costa lot of money to print posters and
create a advert for TV.
Available resources:
The available resources I will have and need for my projectare the internet, Photoshop,and
existing children’s books.All of these resources can be beneficialfor my projectbecause I can
look at existing books to get inspiration when I start creating my own illustrations and story.
The internet can allow me to see how children’s books becomepopular and I can researchin
what makes a good children’s book. For Photoshop it will be one of the mostuseful resources
when I come to creating the bookbecause it allows me to create my own images/illustrations
for the children’s book and I can experimentwith differentways I can make my illustrations

2. look unique.
Quantity:
My book would be a special addition children’s book because it has a twist on the original
Hansel and Gretel and my book is based on what happens after the original book so I feellike
it should be specialaddition and I would only publish around 500 to 800 books.
Audience and Target Market:
My audience that my children’s bookwould be targeting is children around 6-9 because I feel
like my book would be good for children that are learning how to read or have just learnt how
to read. I will be aiming it at both male and females because the main characters are both
genders and this would hopefully make my children’s book get a wider audience. The book
would also have to appeal to adults that have children and the social grade would need to be
around ABC1 so adults that have a stable job and have a constant flow of income so they
would be able to afford the book for their children. The bookwould be published in the UK so I
would try and target families and children across all of the UK and the book will also be
published in Germany because that’s where the original story came from so the book will be
aimed at people who are a fan of the story or have a family.

3. Quality Factors:
I want the outcome of my children’s book to be a really high quality and this is possible if I
manage my time well and spending enough time creating each page in the book. I need to
think about the way I am creating my artwork and how appealing it would be to young children.
Codes of Practice:
When creating and publishing a book there is a code of practice you have to follow. One of the
codes are that the contractors should be clear about the ownership of the copyright, this code
it to make sure whoever is involved in making the book can use other people work but mainly
to keep the bookthey have created protected so no one can use it as their own work. Another
one of the codes says that, the publisher must not cancel a contract without good or proper
reason, this makes sure that the publisher has to get all of the work in on time or they could be
loosing money and the publisher also have to make sure the producthas been produced to a
high standard and is good quality.
Regulation:
If my bookwas also a toy and interactive the bookwill be classed as a toy and would have to
be looked at by the Toy Safety Directive if I wanted to sell it in the UK or anywhere else in
Europe. Depending on the language and artwork that would be in my book it could go under
The Obscene Publications Act 1959 or the Equality Act 2010.

4. Copyright:
When creating a new bookyou can’t use other people work because it could be copyrighted.
Since the book I have picked to base my story off is very old and copyright only last for a
certain number of years so the original story will not be copyrighted anymore. If I was to use a
story that had been copyrighted I would need to get permissionto use the story or parts of the
book but it still means you wouldn’t be getting all the money you earn would have to be split
with the original owners of the book you are using. Since I am putting a twist onto the story
and changing what the artwork looks like I wont have to worry about copyright because it will
all be my own work.
Ethical Issues:
There are something’s that I wouldn’t be able to put in my bookbecause I will have to think of
representation and cultural sensitivity. I would have to think a lot about what my characters are
like because i don’t want to represent them in a wrong way that someone could get offended.
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?

5. The internet Yes
Photoshop Yes
Computer Yes
Existing children’s book No
I could go to a library and look at what kind of books
are around now and how they are successful.
Camera No
If I want to use a camera for my artwork I would have
to bookone in advance so I make sure I will have one
and know how long I will have it for.
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:

6. Firstly I am going to create my main Characters, Hansel and Gretel, so I don’t have to
keep remaking them throughout the projectwhen I need them in a scene. I will be
creating these characters on Photoshop using differenttools and create them using
shapes and rotoscope.
After creating Hansel and Gretel I will then make the other characters, Hansel and
Gretel’s father and real mother. Again I will be creating these in Photoshop by rotoscope
and using differentshapes.This sessionis when I want to create all of the characters so I
can focus on other aspects of my book in differentsessions.
Session 2:
If I haven’t finished all of my characters by the second sessionI will give my self some
time to add the finishing touches. This will be when I go back over my characters and if I
need to add more detail or texture this is the time I will do it and I will add detail and
texture using differenttool like colour range in Photoshop.
Once all of the characters have been finish I will then start to create some of the
backgrounds/scenesthat will be used more than once so I don’t have to keep recreating
them through out the project. This will help to keep the artwork and colour scheme
consistentthrough put if a make most of the background in this session.To create the
backgrounds I will mostly be using shapes then warping them to make sure they are
exactly what I want them to look like.
Session 3:
Session3 is when I will start creating my first two pages.All I would create is all of the
artwork for these two pages and not add any of the text until the very end of the book. By
having this sessionto create the first two pages it gives me enough time to add a lot of
detail and texture to the artwork.

7. When I have finished creating the first to pages in Photoshop I will then get the
characters I made from sessionone and add them to the pages if they need to be on
them. This will be the last aspectI will add to the pages to makes sure I know exactly
where they are going and I don’t have to work around them if I put them on the pages
earlier on.
Session 4:
This is when I will start to create the artwork for the third page in the children’s bookand
I will make sure I spend a lot of time creating all of the pages to make them have a high
quality. I will be creating all my pages in Photoshop and mostly using shapes unless I
want to add detail to certain areas of the backgrounds then I will use the polygonal lasso.
If I haven’t finished the first two pages by this sessionI will go back to them and make
sure they are completed soI haven’t got any unfinished work. This time will allow me to
relook at the first to pages just to make sure they are god quality and look professional.
Session 5:
In session5 this is when I will spend a lot of time on creating the artwork forpage 4 in
the book. Again I will be creating it in Photoshop and mostly using shapes to create the
backgrounds but I want to add some texture on this page and I will do this will the colour
range tool.
Once I think I have finished the fourth page and have enough time, I will go back to the
third page to see if any more detail needs to be added and the artwork is staying
consistentfrom the beginning of the book all the way through.
Session 6:
Session6 is when I will create the artwork for page 5. I will be using a lot of shapes to
create this page along with using the colour range tool again to add texture to make some
of the images in the book look more realistic.

8. If I have time and have finished my fifth page, I will look back at my forth page to see if it
is complete and if the backgrounds are the same on some of the pages because I will be
using the same background on differentpages.
Session 7:
This is when I will create the artwork for page 6. Too create it I will be using Photoshop
like I do for the rest of my artwork and using shapes, colour range tool and the polygonal
lasso to create the background and differentobjects that will appear on this page.
When I know I have finished the sixth page I will either try and add more detail to make it
look more professionaland has beenmade to a goo quality and then go back and look at
the previous page to see if it has been made to the same standards and quality.
Session 8:
I will create the artwork for page 7 in this session and do this in Photoshop by using lots
of differenttools to that I have I sessionsbefore to make sure all of the artwork is in the
same style and the colour scheme is still the same.
If I finish page 7 I will then look back at page 6 to see if it is completed to the standard I
want to at and if not I will add some more detail and texture on Photoshop.
Session 9:
For this sessionI will create all of the artwork for page 8 and when all of the artwork for
each page is done I will go back over them to see if they are to a good standard. I want to
go back through all of the pages to make sure the style of artwork and quality is the same
at the beginning of the book all the way through until the end of the book.

9. After looking back over the artwork I will add in all of the text/script to each page and
experiment with the text and the differentfonts. When the text is on each page I will make
sure that the artwork goes with the text and shows what the story is about and give
children a visual representation of what the text is saying.
Session 10:
This sessionis when I will go back over everything I have created to see if I need to add
more detail or need to add a few more aspects to the art work or text to make it more eye
catching for children.
In this sessionit will also allow me to have time to finish anything that I didn’t have time
to complete in previous session.
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?

10. Sitting in front of a computerscreenfor too long.
The display screenequipment regulation 1992
has rules where if you are working with a
computeryou have to make sure you are being
safe by taking breaks to make sure your not
straining your eyes.
Tripping hazard
Makes sure that everyone’s bags are pushed
under a table and power cables are not in the
way of where people would be walking. By doing
this it will prevent anyone from tripping over and
hurting themselves.
Having drinks around electrical equipment
Make sure that the only drink that is allowed is
water and is in a bottle instead of a cup and when
you want a drink step away from anything
electrical to be safer.
Using substances that are hazardous
This won’t apply to me in this projectbecause
I’m not using any hazardous substances but if I
were I would have to follow the health and safety
rules. I would have to make sure I’m in a well-
ventilated area to get rid of any chemicals in the
air and also wear goggles and gloves depending
on the substance.