This document outlines the planning process for a digital graphic narrative project. It discusses considerations like costs, available resources, target audience, quality factors, codes of practice, regulations, copyright, ethics, and a production schedule. Costs will include Photoshop but not other digital work. Resources include a computer, graphics software, and a graphics tablet. The target audience is 3-6 year old girls and boys for a retelling of Rapunzel. Quality will come from detailed images that tell the story with or without words. Regulations and ethics require inclusive, non-discriminatory content. A 10-session production schedule is outlined to complete the 10-page graphic narrative over 10 weeks.

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:
There will be no costs for all the work that will be done digitally on the computers. The costs for Photoshop will
need to be considered because this will be the main programme used to create the book’s visual image.
Costs for things such as printing and publishing will need to be thought about as well.
Available resources:
Computer, pencils, paper, PowerPoint, Word, scripts, flat plans, Photoshop & graphics tablet.

2. Quantity:
I think I will make 1000+ of my book, as it’ll be a mass-market children’s book. This is because it’s a well-
known story already well known and popular.
£1.58 is the price for each book to be printed.
Audience and Target Market:
From creating my flat plan and test pages, I have decided I am going to aim at children ages 3-6. My original
audience was going to be ages 4-8 but my test pages would attract younger aged children. It’s going to be
primarily based at females but will also have aspects for males in as well to broaden my audience.
Quality Factors:
My book will need to contain pages that are full and are able to tell the story both with and without words. This
is because younger children may not be able to read and therefore need to understand the story through the
images. This will give it a higher quality, as it’s showing detail within the pictures. I can influence the quality of
the book by adding extra information and detail so it’s not boring and also by setting it out in a certain way
that’s easy to read.
Codes of Practice:
The Codes of Practice include things such as deadlines that are set. If you set a deadline with a publisher,
you have to make sure that you meet that specific date with the book complete. It also should cover if you get
an advance on a book where you should still make the book exactly how it was pitched before getting the
money for it. This is so that the publisher is getting exactly what they paid for and therefore means you’re
following the codes of practice correctly.

3. Regulation:
I have considered making my book into a toy, for example by using touch and feel, sound and pop up aspects,
but have decided not to as it’d have to follow the Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC and therefore would have
to consider more things, making sure it’s appropriate. The content of my work needs to be thought about so
it’s not going against any ethnicity, sexuality, etc. If it was seen to be discriminative, the Obscene Publications
Act 1959 and the Equality Act 2010 may apply.
Copyright:
As I’m working with a story that is already created, I would have to get permission to use the initial idea of the
story as well as having to share any profits that are made. I will also have to take into consideration copyright
when I’m creating the characters for my story. I would have to get permission for the artwork’s creator in order
to use the character or style that they have, unless I’m changing or editing it dramatically.
Ethical Issues:
Representation of characters will play a large role when thinking about ethical issues. For example, not all the
bad characters/villains can be female, as this would be seen as a false representation. Especially as the
audience is young children, they can be very impressionable and what they learn from a book can form and
shape their opinions in the future. Another ethical issue is if you’re doing a book focusing on a different culture
specifically. You can’t include any content that will be sensitive to them or it might be seen as offensive and
goes against their beliefs. Lastly, content cannot be indecent as it is a children’s 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 YES
Story Board/Flat Plan YES
PowerPoint YES
Word YES
Photoshop
YES
Graphics Tablet NO See a technician in order to get the graphics tablet. They will be
able to give you advice as well as showing you how to use it.

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:
In this session, I will aim to make the first page. I will create the two houses as well as the witch and the
parents and put them all together on a page. It will be created to have the effect of a street and introduce
some of the characters.
Session 2:
Second page. This will be a close up of the flowers, in the witch’s garden. I will create the back of the
houses and the mum will be placed looking from the top window of the house down on the flowers I wil
make in the garden.
Session 3:
Page three. I will create the inside of the house as well as the mum and the dad having a conversation.
The dad will look scared and the mum looks sad.

6. Session 4:
Fourth page. I will create a hand that will be holding the flowers close up and then in the background I
will create the witch looking angry and blur it out a little to focus on the flower.
Session 5:
Fifth page. On this page I will show the witch holding a baby with long hair. I will use the front of the
houses view from the first page and place the witch and the baby into the scene.
Session 6:
Page six. This page will show Rapunzel locked up in the tower. I will make the background and the
tower as well as creating some trees to give it an isolated look.
Session 7:
Page seven. I will create a forest with a path leading through – this includes copying trees from the
previous page to show another part of the forest. I will need to make the horse and the prince so it looks
like they’re riding down the path. I will copy and paste Rapunzel in the tower and make it small and place
it in the corner (there will be singing notes around her).
Session 8:
Page eight. Using the pen tool I will create Rapunzel’s hair to be very long and flow down the tower. I will
create the back of the prince’s head and body and place him towards the bottom of the page to indicate
that he is climbing up the tower.

7. Session 9:
Ninth Page. For this I will make the witch look as if she’s falling so will have her arms in the air and a
shocked face. It will also have a close up of the tower, which will have Rapunzel and the prince looking
down from.
Session 10:
Last Page. This page I will change the colour of Rapunzel’s dress to white and change the prince’s
outfit. This page will just feature these two characters in the forest. It will show that they’ve got married.

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?
Back problems from sitting at a computer for too long.
You can prevent this by sitting up straight at your chair
and have the computer at eye level. You should also sit
with your legs uncrossed and your feet flat on the floor.
Take regular breaks to stretch. This, as well as many
other issues, will fall under the Health and Safety at Work
Act 1974 which will give information on how to prevent or
solve issues.
Eye straining from looking at a computer screen for a
prolonged period of time.
Because of having to look at a computer for a long time,
the Display Screen Equipment Regulations 1992 should
be read as it gives advice on how to use computer
screens safely.

9. When actually creating the book, you’ll need to consider
COSHH.
Burns or irritations to the skin due to misuse of chemicals.
If using specific paints, inks or other potentially hazardous
chemicals/substances, you can look online to see if you’re
following health and safety regulations. For more
information on this you can go to
http://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh/ .