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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.