This document provides planning considerations for a digital graphic narrative project. It outlines key factors to consider such as costs, available resources, target audience, quality, codes of practice, regulations, and copyright. Though the project is for college, imagining it as professional requires accounting for larger costs, quantities, audience market research, and adherence to industry standards and legal codes. Resources are sufficient for the college project but higher quality tools would improve work if available at home. The target audience is children ages 7-9, seeking middle-class families as customers. Quality depends on effort, skills, and available tools and software. Regulations cover obscene content, equality, and display screen use but the project is suitable. Copyright law protects the completed work.

1. Digital Graphic Narrative Planning
Use this booklet to help structure your planning and collate your planning documents.
Story Overview:
Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by everyone, but most of all by her grandmother, and there was nothing that she would not do for the child. Once she gave her a riding
hood of red velvet, which suited her so well that she would never wear anything else; so she was always called 'Little Red Riding Hood.'
One day her mother said to her: 'Come, Little Red Riding Hood, here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine; take them to your grandmother, she is ill and weak, and they will do her good. Set out
before it gets hot, and when you are going, walk nicely and quietly and do not run off the path, or you may fall and hurt yourself. 'I will take great care,' said Little Red Riding Hood to her mother, and
off she went.
The grandmother lived out in the wood, 2 miles from the village, and just as Little Red Riding Hood entered the wood, a wolf met her. Little Red Riding Hood did not know what a wicked creature he
was, and was not at all afraid of him. 'Good day, Little Red Riding Hood,' he said. 'Thank you kindly Mr. Wolf.’ ‘Where are you heading so early, Little Red Riding Hood?’ 'To my grandmother's.’
'What have you got in your basket?’ 'Cake and wine; yesterday was baking-day, so now poor sick grandmother will have something good to make her stronger.'
'Where does your grandmother live, Little Red Riding Hood?’ 'A good mile farther on in the wood; her house stands under the three large oak-trees, the nut-trees are just below; you surely must
know it,' replied Little Red Riding Hood.
Mr. Wolf thought: 'What a tender young creature! Will be better to eat than the old woman. I must act craftily, so I can catch both.' So he walked for a short time by the side of Little Red Riding Hood,
and then he said: 'See, Little Red Riding Hood, how pretty the flowers are around here, why don’t you look round? Little Red Riding Hood raised her eyes, and when she saw the sunbeams dancing
here and there through the trees, and pretty flowers growing everywhere, she thought: ‘I could take grandmother fresh daisies, that would please her too. So she ran from the path into the wood to
look for flowers. And whenever she picked one, she saw an even prettier one farther on, and ran after it, and so got deeper and deeper into the wood.
Meanwhile the wolf ran straight to the grandmother's house and knocked at the door. 'Who is there?’
'Little Red Riding Hood,' replied Mr. Wolf. ’I am bringing cake and wine; open the door.’ 'Lift the latch,' called out the grandmother, 'I am too weak, and cannot get up.’ Mr. Wolf lifted the latch, the
door sprang open, and without saying a word he went straight to the grandmother's bed, and ate her up. Then he put on her clothes, dressed himself in her cap and laid in her bed.
Little Red Riding Hood was surprised to find the cottage-door standing open, and when she went into the room, she had such a strange feeling that she said to herself: 'Oh dear! how uneasy I feel
today, and at other times I like being with grandmother so much.' She called out: 'Good morning,' but received no answer; so she put the basket of wine and cake down, and went to the bed. There
lay her grandmother with her cap pulled far over her face, and looking very strange.
'Oh! grandmother,' she said, 'what big ears you have!’ 'The better to hear you with, my child,' was the reply. 'But, grandmother, what big eyes you have!' she said. 'The better to see you with, my
dear.’ ‘But, grandmother, what large hands you have!’ 'The better to hug you with.'
'Oh! but, grandmother, what a terribly big mouth you have!’ ‘The better to eat you with!’ And suddenly as Mr. Wolf said this, he leaped out of bed and swallowed up Little Red Riding Hood.
A huntsman was just passing the house, and thought to himself: 'How is the old woman doing? I must just see if she wants anything.' So he went into the room, and when he came to the bed, he
saw that the wolf was lying in it. ’Finally I’ve found you, Evil Mr. Wolf!' He said. 'I have hunted you for so long!' Then just as he was going to fire at him, he thought that the wolf might have eaten the
grandmother, and that she could still be saved, so he did not fire.
He took a pair of scissors, and cut open the belly of the wolf. Little Red Riding Hood sprang out, crying: 'Ah, how frightened I have been! And after that the grandmother hopped out shaking. Little
Red Riding Hood however, quickly fetched great stones and filled the wolf's belly, so when he tried to run away, he fell straight over.
Little Red Riding Hood thought to herself: 'As long as I live, I will always do what my mother tells me, and never run off into the woods.’

2. 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:
The costs that will affect me are minimal in this project. All of the artwork is based on a digital platform, and I
am also authoring and illustrating the book myself. I have made no financial expenditures related to and
during this project. Although I am using resources that I have bought previous to the project, for example my
memory stick and my computers Microsoft office applications. If this was a professional project then the
expenditures would be very high, for example an author would need to be paid to write and an illustrator to
draw. The book would need to be reviewed by a paid publisher before they take the book on (if it meets the
quality standards).
Available resources:
I have all the resources I need for this project, and more available to me. The most important resources I have
available to me are the computers with internet access and editing software (Photoshop). I have also used a
DSLR for images I have taken, although they have not directly contributed to the production of my storybook.
The resources I am using that are not made available by the college are my own personal computer, software,
internet and memory stick.
Quantity:
The quantities related to my project are very simple, such as quantity of pages, illustrations and text. All
factors that are directly related to the physical book itself. If this were a professional project then the quantities
would be related to a much larger variety of factors. For example the amount of copies printed, the amount of
sales expected, the amount of money spent on the book-a very important quantity factor, and more.

3. Audience and Target Market:
The target audience of my book are children ages 7-9. Meaning that there will be less ‘parental targeting’ as
the children of that age are usually mature enough to choose their own books and many of them can or are
beginning to read by themselves. The class of my target audience will be ABC1 as they are the middle class
majority that have the disposable income available to purchases books such as mine. The market I will be
targeting will be the one based around childrens reading and enjoyable education-such as learning books.
Quality Factors:
The quality of my work is based on a variety of factors, including personal effort and skill, alongside the
availability and the quality of my resources. I personally put all the possible effort into my work, and using
what I would see as a good amount of skill. Time keeping is a factor that I could work on, as it is often
inconsistent whilst I get the grip of a particular section of the project and the 3 steps of certain project parts;
As each section has the slow learning process, then the fast understanding and enjoyment, and lastly the
slower part as actions become repetitive and dull. The resources I am using are all of high quality, although
this isn’t the case on my personal computer, as I do not have the software’s and processing power of the
computer systems in college. If I had the same availabilities at home as I do in college then my work would
likely be of a higher quality, as I’d have more time to polish up my work.
Codes of Practice:
The codes of practice are based upon how a publisher interacts with an author in the process of writing a
book. The codes of practice do not apply to me, as I am not creating a professional project. Although if I was,
there are a number of codes that I would need to follow and respect. The most important of the codes are
likely the financials, as they play a huge part in getting the story from a small idea to a mass production of
books. These financials include the sums the publisher pays the author as he produces the book that they are
interested in, but in return for these payments the author must produce a high quality book and to a particular
time schedule. If the codes of practice are not followed, the publisher will likely push for its expenditure on the
author back as in the end it was all a waste of time.

4. Regulation:
There are regulations surrounding the production of books, as there are with any other commercially available
product. Many children’s books fall under the category of toys and games, as they include more than just text
and illustrations. For example books with pop up images and textures. These regulations do not apply to my
book, as my book does not fall under the category of toys and games. The regulations applicable to my book
are the obscene publications act and equality act, although my book is suited to meet the requirements, so
there are no violations that may cause problems. There are regulations surrounding the use of display screen
equipment (DSE-1992) and especially computer screens. The regulations state that for every hour you use
the screen, you should take 5 minutes to focus on different distances in order to increase your eyes focal
positions.
Copyright:
Copyright Act 1988 is the act where one cannot use the physical or intellectual property of the copyright
holder. For example, I would not be allowed to use a modern, copyright owned story in my children’s book.
Although I am allowed to use an old story with no copyright laws or an outdated one. This is why I am using
the story of little red riding hood, as it holds no copyright laws, meaning I can use it as much as I want, and
make profit from it (if it was a professional project).
Ethical Issues:
Ethical issues are issues surrounding people’s opinions and beliefs, often spiritual, cultural and religious.
Ethical issues are applicable to almost everything, as everyone has there own personal opinions and beliefs.
There are ethical issues that I can realise could potentially be aimed at my story. These include issues
surrounding the talking wolf, and the harm placed on the wolf at the end. It is common for traditional tales
used in children’s books to have light gender stereotypes, such as a large strong man saving the typical
young lady. These could cause ethical issues as gender stereotypes are wrong for obvious reasons.

5. 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?
Camera Yes
Photoshop Yes
Internet Access Yes
Memory stick. Yes

6. 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:
Create my main characters:
Finish my little red riding hood illustration in 2 or more postures.

7. Create my wolf in 2 or more postures.
Create the Granny and Hunter, needing no more than 1 posture.
Session 2:
Finish my characters and begin environments.
Create Woods/ Trees & Flowers.
Finish Characters and basic environments.
Session 3:
Begin to create scenes using my characters and environments for the first couple of pages.

8. Complete page 1 &2 illustrations, integrating a depth of field effect.
(Leaving house + Meeting Mr Wolf.)
Finally choose which text to use and apply it to all the used text and place texts upon page 1 & 2..
Session 4:
Complete page 3&4 illustrations.
(Speaking to Mr Wolf & Hunting For Flowers)
Add depth of field effect upon images.
Place text beneath the illustrations.
Session 5:
Complete page 5&6 illustrations.

9. (Wolf Eats Granny & Little Red Riding Hood Arrives)
Include depth of field effect.
Place text beneath the illustrations.
Session 6:
Complete page 7&8 illustrations.
(Big ears speech & Wolf Attack)
Include depth of field.
Place text beneath the image.
Session 7:
Complete page 9&10 illustrations.

10. (Hunter Saves Granny And Little Red Riding Hood & Fills Wolf With Stones)
Include the depth of field effect, focusing on mainly the granny and little red riding hood.
Place text beneath the illustration.
Session 8:
Complete page 11
Little Red Riding Hood Explains Morals Behind Story.
Use only little red riding hood in the end page as she is the relatable character to the target audience.
Add depth of field and text to the image.
Session 9:
Check all text and images.

11. Peer review the images.
Session 10:
Correct image fade.
Correct Text Positioning
Possibly adjust facial expressions if time is available.

12. 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?

13. I could gain eyesight problems from staring at a screen for
long periods of time.
I can prevent this by taking breaks in order to relax my
eyes.
I could trip over my bag if it is not tucked under a table or
chair.
Move my bag into an area out of the way that it will remain
until needed, such as beneath a table or chair.
Could trip over computer cables if they are not
appropriately cable tied and tucked behind the desk, or if
they are attached to a socket across the room.
Move to the nearest plug socket in order to prevent having
to have the cable stretch across the floor,