This document outlines a student's plan for a digital graphic narrative project. It considers costs, available resources, quantity, audience, quality factors, codes of practice, regulation, copyright, ethical issues, and includes a production schedule. The costs are expected to be low by using college assets. The project will use available college resources like cameras, computers and software. A trial run of a small quantity may be produced initially. The target audience is children, so it will be appealing and appropriate for them. High quality and adherence to codes of practice are important. The production schedule divides the work into sessions over 10 half-days to complete all scenes and details.

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:
The costs for my project plan to be quite low because I will be doing the work in college and will use a lot of
college assets and not a lot of my own which means I don’t need to pay for it. Some examples of equipment of
college’s that I can use are camera’s, computers etc…but I may need art pencils and similar things which I will
need to pay for.
Available resources:
Using resources available to me such as cameras, pens, pencils, paper, computer with programs etc. Allows
me to create the story to the best of my ability because I will have s best equipment as possible. I will also
have main resources, which I need to complete my work such as electricity.

2. Quantity:
Due to the work being done for college, I will not be producing my book in any large quantities however, once
finished and the book is a good, I may produce a trail run and see how that works out and if that goes well
then I may produce even more.
Audience and Target Market:
The audience and target market are very important and are key to my sales. The book is going to be made for
children and in reference to that I need to make the book look as good as possible and most appealing to
children so that they will buy the book or they will persuade there parents to buy the book for them. I need to
focus and know my audience as much as possible in order to get as most sales as possible.
Quality Factors:
I need to make sure that my book is of a very high standard and all the pages look similar and look very
presentable and that the book is easy to read. I need to make my book of a very high quality because it will
look better and because of that, more people will want to buy the book. When referring to quality, I need to
make sure that I don’t rush anything and I spend time on everything that is need to I do not make simple
errors such as spelling mistakes.
Codes of Practice:
The code of practice is a code, which the author and the publisher agree to; this code of practise involves
information on dead lines, quality and standard of work, and the legality of it. Some codes of practice could
prevent the author from publishing any text which isn’t suitable for the age group that the book is made for.
Due to me being the author and the publisher, such code of practise I don’t think will be needed but however, I
will take quality and deadlines into account when producing my work. One code of practice that I could do
however is to have someone checking over my work so that it doesn’t contain any content which breaks any
legal or ethical issues which I may have missed or not seen in production. One code of practice that the
Nation Union of Journalists has set out is that he or she does there upmost to correct harmful inaccuracies.
Another code of conduct that has been set out by the nation union of journalists is that at all times, you must

3. uphold and defend the principle of media freedom, the right of freedom of expression and the right of the
public to be informed. These guidelines, like many others are designed so that people in the media industry
stay fair, true and uphold values so they don’t offend anyone.
Regulation:
My book does not count as a toy so the Toy safety directive 2009/48/EC does not apply to my book, however
there might be some very young children who mess around with the book and I must take that into
consideration when producing it.
Copyright:
Due to me producing a book, which is based off another book, I will need to be very careful about copyright
and that fact that I need to change my book so that it is different from the original and is my own work. Things
that could be similar between the original and mine could be characters, story, setting etc. And I need to make
sure my version of these things are different and are easily separable.
Ethical Issues:
When producing my book, I may have a wide target audience, which has a large cultural diversity and is made
of different ethical and social groups. Due to my audience maybe having a lot of diversity I need to make sure
that my book does not offend or aggravate anyone of a certain social class, religion or race. When producing
my book I will always think about due care and consideration when talking about any group or class of people.

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
Photoshop and other important
production software Yes
Pens, pencils, paper for story related
artwork Yes
Camera No
If I need to get use a camera, I can just ask to borrow one for
whatever time, which is needed.
Scanner No
I will need to ask to use it but I will need to ask in advance
because someone else might be using it when I want to.

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:
Try and finish or make a good start on all characters needed for my story.
Create assets and extra small details for the story such as brick effects, baskets etc.. so that my story is
more detailed and overall , looks better.

6. Session 2:
Finish all characters and assets ready to be added later in the story so that I can easily come back and
add characters and assets to any of my story pages.
Session 3:
In the first hour and a half, I will produce the first scene but will not add any extra details such as brick
effects etc... And I will also add premade characters to the scene as well and later on , may make some
adjustments to the characters to make them look right.

7. In the second hour and a half I will produce the second scene in detail but I will not add any small
refined pieces of detail as I will come back to that and add them later. I will also size and position any
characters that need to in the scene and I will also come back later to add detail to them.
Session 4:
In the first hour and a half I will produce the third scene and come back to add small refined details to
make the overall scene look better. I will also add characters as well at this point and may come back
later to add details to them.
In the second hour and a half I will produce the fourth scene and add characters and assets to the
scene and I will come back later to add small details to improve the overall look of the characters and
the scene as a whole.
Session 5:
In the first hour and a half I will make the fifth scene in detail but I will not however add small parts of
detail as that can take some time and I want to finish pages and then come back and add lots of detail.
In this hour and a half, I will also add the characters to the scene and I will adjust them at a later point in
time.

8. In the second hour and a half I will check over the previous scenes and add small details and extras into
the scenes so that it improves the look of the overall book. I will also use this time to check over any
spelling mistakes and grammatical errors that I have made and improve upon them so my story can be
good.
Session 6:
In the first hour and a half I will produce the sixth scene and add characters and assets to the scene. I
will make the scene in detail but I will add proper detail and do adjustments later to make sure my book
looks as good as possible.
In the second hour and a half I will produce the seventh scene and add the characters and assets
which are relevant to that scene. I will later come back and do adjustments to make the scene look as
good as possible and improve the look of the overall book.
Session 7:
In the first hour and a half I will make the eighth scene and add all characters and assets to the scene.
Later on , I will come back to the scene and add small pieces of detail and do adjustments so that the
scene can look as good as possible and it will therefore improve the overall look of the book.

9. In the second hour and a half I will produce the ninth scene. Once the scene is made , I will add
characters and assets and later on , check back over the scene and improve it in any way that I can.
Session 8:
In the first hour and a half I will produce the tenth scene and I will add all characters and assets to the
scene. I will make the scene in detail but some smaller refined details , I will add later so that I have
time.
In the second hour and a half I will check over the previous scenes and add any missing assets or
characters and add details so that my pages and scene look as good as possible. I will also be checking
spelling and grammar on my pages so that any of the text does not look wrong.
Session 9:
I will use session 9 to read over the pages and scenes and correct any mistakes that need to be
changed. I will also use this time to add details to the scene which improve the overall look of the book
and will make the story better.

10. Session 10:
I will use session 10 to have a final look over all pages and scenes and make sure that the text has
correct spelling and grammar and make sure that I have added lots of detail and extra content so that
my story can look as good as it can be and will be suitable for the age range which I have aimed my
book at.

11. Health and safety:
Your health and safety and that of those around you are 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?
Tripping over wires, bags, chairs etc..
To prevent it we can be extra careful when around
computers and make sure we tuck chairs and bags in a
safe place and make sure no wires are trailing across the
floor.

12. Eye’s hurting when going on the computer to long.
Under the Display screen equipment regulations 1992, it
is recommended to take five-minute breaks every hour so
that the eyes are not to focus on a certain thing for too
long.
Parts of body e.g. legs, back, begins to ache.
Under the Health and safety at work act of 1974 you must
not be in the same position for two long and make sure
you are in the correct posture to prevent such aches and
pains.