This document provides planning details for a digital graphic narrative project. It outlines considerations for costs, available resources, quantity, target audience, quality factors, codes of practice, regulation, copyright, ethical issues, and a production schedule. Potential health and safety risks are also identified, such as spilling liquids, eye strain, back pain, tripping, and burns, along with preventative measures.

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 not be that much cost since i am designing and making most of my book on photoshop, if
there was any cost it would on be the paper and manufacturing.
Available resources: I have most of the supplies I need I just need to get some paper and some book
binding from a stationary shop.
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2. Quantity:
I am going to start by making one but if my product does well I will start making 50 a week and if they sell well I
will increase the number.
Audience and Target Market:
My target audience will be young children from the ages of 2 to 6, those who like weird things and bright
colours .
Quality Factors:
I am going to laminate the pages just to make sure they don't get ruined also I'm going to give the book a spiral
book binding just to make sure the pages will still turn.
Codes of Practice:
I will set up a contract with a publisher that will abide to the Codes of Practise also i will follow the PA
Guidelines for Book Publishers to make sure i am not over stepping my boundaries

3. Regulation:
The content in my book does not fall under the Toy Safety Directive or the Obscene Publications Act
Copyright:
I shouldn't have any problem with copyright issues because all of the characters and place names I am using
are completely made up by me.
Ethical Issues:
There are no ethical issues in my book because all of the characters and story can not be related to any
human problem

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?
Photoshop Yes
Computer Yes
Printer Yes
Paper No Go to a stationary shop.
Bindings No Go to a stationary shop.
Laminator 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:
Make the backgrounds for all of the pages
Session 2:
Complete the design for all of the characters
Session 3:

6. Make sure I have an image of them in the positions I need
Session 4:
Split the text up into the pages I need and make the text part of the page
Session 5:
Create the page and make the layout for the characters and text
Session 6:
Insert all the text onto the pages
Session 7:

7. Insert the characters on to the pages into there needed positions
Session 8:
Design the edges of my pages and the design of the text box
Session 9:
Make the front cover and back cover
Session 10:
Double check every thing is ok and make any improvements if necessary

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?

9. Spilling liquid onto computers
I will prevent this by not having liquid near the computer or
any electronic device
Staring at the computer screen for too long causing eye
problems
Make sure to have breaks every 30 minutes so I don't hurt
my eyes
Sitting down, hunching back for too long causing back
problems
Make sure to have breaks every hour so I don't hurt my
back
Tripping over wires Make sure to have wires out of the way or atleast covered
Burning yourself on the marinating machine
I will make sure everyone involved is aware of the danger
and not to mess around whilst using it