The document provides planning details for a digital graphic narrative project. It discusses considerations like costs, available resources, intended quantity, target audience, quality factors, codes of practice, regulations, copyright, ethical issues, and health and safety. For costs, it estimates printing 1000 copies at £1.50 each would cost £1500. Resources available include the classroom computers with Photoshop installed. A 10-session production schedule is outlined. Health and safety risks like eyestrain and back problems are addressed.

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:
In a real project the costs would be varied depending on what you already have access to. Because I will be
creating my product in college, which means I will have access to a Mac which already has Photoshop CS6
installed onto it. I will be creating most of the images myself which wouldn’t cost any money, however the
images I use as reference may not be stock/royalty free so I will have to choose reference images carefully.
The actual print and production of the book would cost a lot. Going through a book printing company, a simple
14 page paperback would cost roughly £1.50 each. This means if you needed 1000 copies it would cost
£1,500. There would also be costs for marketing and advertising, which isn’t as necessary, but could help with

2. sales of the book.
Available resources:
I will be creating most of my images in Photoshop CS6 on a classroom computer, as access to this software is
provided to students. I will be using images sourced from the internet as references for rotoscoping sections
of my pages, and if there is a particular object, pose, etc. that I can’t find a reference image for then I can
always use my phone or camera to take a picture that I could then use as a reference
Quantity:
I would probably print roughly 1000 copies at first, as this is enough to gage how popular the book is through
sales without spending too much money. If the product sells well then there would be enough copies to last
until more are printed, however if they don’t sell well then there wouldn’t be an excess of copies left over.
Audience and Target Market:
My audience is mostly young children between the ages of 5-7, as the product will appeal mostly to them,
however the parents are also a part of my target market. This is because even though the product is aimed at
children, it is the parents who purchase the product. Because of this I need to make it appealing to both
audiences. The book isn’t targeted towards any particular gender, so I will intend to make it very neutral and
enjoyable for children of any gender. The product would be able to appeal to the parents as it provides the
educational aspects of encouraging children to read, and also gives teaches them moral lessons that are
important to learn from a young age.

3. Quality Factors:
To ensure my book is high quality I will need to make sure I have a schedule so that there is an allocated
amount of time set for each piece of work. This will hopefully ensure that my work is at a high standard of
quality consistently
Codes of Practice:
In a real project like this one, the publisher of the book and myself would have to follow the Publishers
Association code of practice. This would mean that I would have to keep them up to date with how the
production is going and stick to a schedule or deadline, and the publisher would equally have to keep me
involved with the publishing schedule.
Regulation:
When it comes to childrens products there can be some strict regulations set in place to ensure that they are
safe to use. For example, there is the Toy Safety Regulations Act which needs to be followed, however, books
do not fall into the category of toys that have to follow these regulations. When creating my product I will need
to make sure I follow health and safety regulations, which I will do by filling out a risk assessment sheet and
following it.
Copyright:
Due to the story I’m using being very old there is no issues with copyright as nobody owns the rights to the
story. This means I can go along with my product without worrying about copyright

4. Ethical Issues:
My target audience for my product is roughly around 3-6, which is a very young and influential age. This
means I have to be careful not to include anything that may upset young readers or warp impressionable
perceptions negatively.My product is quite neutral and shouldn’t contain anything that may be deemed
offensive or unethical.
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.

5. Resource:
Do you have
it? What do you need to do to get it?
Computer Yes
I have access to computers in the classroom, and a laptop at
home
Photoshop No
I myself don’t have this software on my laptop at home,
however I can use Photoshop whilst at college as it is already
installed on all the computers
Production Schedule:

6. 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: Monday
Complete page 1: Draw out main character in setting, decide on styles and colours, view flat plans as a
reference for the layout (don’t insert any text until everything is finished in case the script needs
changing)
Start page 2: Start on the background and environment in the image
Session 2: Monday

7. Finish page 2: Add the main character into the scene, add details into the image
Start page 3: Start on the background, make the basic character structure
Session 3: Tuesday
Finish page 3
Start other character designs

8. Session 4: Thursday
Start page 4 background
Add page 4 characters
Session 5: Friday
Start page 5 background
Finish page 5

9. Session 6:
Create page 6 background
Add characters to page 6
Session 7:
Backgrounds for page 7

10. Add page 7 characters
Start adding text to pages
Session 8:
Start page 8 background
Finish page 8
Session 9:

11. Start page 9 background
Add in page 9 characters and objects
Session 10:
Create page 10 background and setting
Add page 10 characters
Make corrections to any pages necessary

13. 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?
Looking at a computer screen for too long may cause
eyestrain and eyesight issues
Make sure to take regular breaks from looking at the
computer screen every hour
Spilling any drinks onto equipment or wires and plug
sockets may cause fires or for the equipment to break
Keep any drinks closed and in my bag. When I do need a
drink make sure it’s just water and away from the mac
Trailing wires could cause someone to trip Make sure all wires are kept organised and out of the way
Electrical plugs could overload and cause damage to Make sure that any sockets being used don’t have

14. equipment or a fire appliances that would exceed the current rating
Sitting at a computer for so long could cause back
problems, especially with the incorrect posture
Make sure you are sitting correctly, with your elbows at
the same level as your keyboard