This document outlines the planning and considerations for a digital graphic narrative project. It includes sections on costs, available resources, target audience, quality factors, codes of practice, regulation, copyright, ethical issues, and health and safety. The student plans to complete the entire project digitally using the college computer. They aim to create a 10-page graphic storybook targeted at 3-5 year old children. A production schedule is included which breaks the project into sessions over 10 weeks to create each page and allow for contingencies.

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:
I am not planning to use any camera or art equipment with my project and I will be doing the whole
project digitally. All of the equipment will be provided for me.
Available resources:
The biggest recourse I have is the college computer, which is what I have been using to plan my ideas
whist, also research what story I will be adapting. I also have my script which I will be adding text to
when I finish animating the pages as well as my storyboard so I know what order of pages to put my
images in.

2. Quantity:
A professional publishing company does not fund me so I am planning a special addition of no more
than 10 books one of them will be my raw version.
Audience and Target Market:
I am aiming my target audience to be 3 to 5 years old of both boys and girls. I feel like the book is
accessible to kids of both ages and there is nothing in the book that could be considered
inappropriate.
Quality Factors:
I have to make sure that I am fully focused when working and to be sure I am not procrastinating
especially when I am doing the actual production. I find wearing headphones to be useful as it helps
me block out everything around me so I a not distracted by everything around me. I may also listen to
music as well.
Codes of Practice:
The codes of practice are not really relevant in the project I am working on but they will be if I am
working with a publisher and it is important that the publisher and I are on the same page in terms of
the vision we both have for the book and how much of the success we share. It is important that we
get an equal share of the profits.

3. Regulation:
The book will also be judged by its content. A book that falls under the definition of a toy will have to
be compliant with the new Toy safety directive of sold to the European market
Copyright:
If I am working on a story that has already been written before I would have to ask the authors
permission to use the their story and work it in a different way while also paying the author to use that
original work. However because I am adapting a story that has been told through many different
people for years and the author is most likely diseased their copyright has expired I do not have to
worry about copyright or worry about gaining permission from someone. However I may get sued for
using fonts but luckily I can find fonts for free online without having to worry about realising my book
with a copyrighted font. I have also have the copyright for my images so I don’t pick out existing ones
from other people.
Ethical Issues:
I do not see how my book could offend anyone. its incredibly simplistic and very easy to follow and its
very short as well. There is nothing in my book that needs any investigation regarding ethical issues.

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 (mac) Yes
Storyboard. Yes
Script. yes
Pens yes
Pencils Yes

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:
Create my first page.
Download some font and choose a appropriate space to pit it in
Decide what visual style I am going with.
Read my final script to see if I am happy with
Session 2:

6. Create page 2
Create a bridge using pixel art.
Learn how to keep everything consistent in terms of colour and character design
Contingency time.
Session 3:
Create page 3
Learn how to do a river using the pixel art and make it not look like the sky.
Contingency time
Contingency time
Session 4:

7. Create page 4
Keep everything the same as page 3
Keep up so I can make page 5 so that I am not behind.
Contingency time
Session 5:
Create page 5 which is the same as both page 3 and 4
Make everything the same as the others. Make everything consistent
Contingency time
Contingency time
Session 6:

8. Create page 6
Go back on the other pages and look for inconsistent details to fix.
Contingency time
Contingency time
Session 7:
Create Page 7
Create the same pages as 4,5,6 but make the sky dark blue for night and make a moon.
Bring back the font. Put it in a free space in the page.
Contingency time
Session 8:

9. Create page 8 (final page)
Make this page is the same as 2 but backwards along with a dark sky or moon
Contingency time
Contingency time.
Session 9:
Check back on my final project and see what I am happy with and what should be changed.
Contingency time
Contingency time
Contingency time
Session 10:

10. Finish everything off even if I am not complete with some stuff
Contingency time
Contingency time
Contingency time.

11. 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?
People may trip over the bags lying on the floor or
stumble over the chairs.
Place my bag and my chair under the table so that there
is nothing in people’s way.
I may sit too close to the computer, which may cause an
eye sore.
Take a break from the computer but also arrange seating
position.

12. My back hurts from sitting badly. Take a break but also sit straight.
I get a shock from the computer. Be firm with the computer or don’t touch it at all.
I loose my work Save every 10 minutes.