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 effect of costs will have no impact on me, as my production methods will not require extra funds.

Available resources: The available resources that I have such as a Mac and Photoshop are all I need to

produce my children’s book.

Quantity: At first I would test market my children’s book to see if people started to buy it, if book the sold out

quickly as it was selling well then I would mass-produce it. Depending on how well the book was selling I

would ether produce hundreds of copies or thousands of copies.

Audience and Target Market: The audience for my book would be 5-8 year olds and the main gender would

be male as is based on cars. The target market for my book would be the parent of the children as they would

be the ones paying for the book. I would also want the book to be so appealing to children that they find the book and pester there mum into buying it.

Quality Factors: The illustrations on my book are quit complicated to create and can look very un-neat if they

aren’t done properly. This would lead to an unprofessional looking book that has scrappy illustrations in it.

Codes of Practice: The code of practise associated with publishers is to do with how they should interact

with the author.

Time: this is an important aspect of contracts as if the book is presented to the publisher late then they will usually only have to pay the author. There are different guidelines depending on what contract has be agreed

upon. Quality: If the book is presented to the publisher and the quality is not at the standard they had agreed to then

the publisher only has to pay the author, even if the book is not published.

Illegality: This has the least effect on my work as it works under the act of Obscene publication and equality. It is very unlikely that there will be something obscene produced in a children’s book.

Regulation: This doesn’t apply to me as much as my book is aimed at an older audience then books that are

aimed at a younger audience, which involve toys. These books will have to comply with the new Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC if sold on the European market.

Copyright: My book is based around a real life event that happened to someone and there for does not need

to apply with the copy right law. The idea for my children’s book came from this event that happened to

someone book unless you new this person you would not know the book was based around him.

Ethical Issues: My book is designed for young children and does not have any ethical problems in it. There is

no particular type of culture or religion portrayed through my book and there for could not offend any one especially a child.

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?

Apple Computer Yes

Photoshop Yes

Internet Yes

Test Page

Yes, I will

use Photoshop to

create my race car

Digital Flat Plans

Yes, I will use

PowerPoint to create a

simple structure.

Images No I will use the internet to get these.

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:

I will finish creating my main character, Lauda the race.

Session 2:

I will create the first page of my book

Session 3:

I will create my second page of my book

I will use the grass texture in the other pages as well

Session 4:

I will create the third page in my book.

This should be quicker as I have my main character and the textured grass.

I will begin to create my fourth page in my book.

Session 5:

I will finish creating the fourth page of my book.

I will then begin to create the fifth page in my book.

Session 6:

I will finish creating the fifth page in my book

I will begin to create the sixth page in my book.

Session 7:

I will finish creating the sixth page of my book.

I will then start to create the seventh page in my book.

Session 8:

I will then finish creating page seven.

I will start creating page eight

I will then finish creating page eight.

Session 9:

I will then start creating page nine

I will then finish creating page nine.

I will then start to create page ten

Session 10:

I will the create page eleven and twelve as the last two pages are very simple and easy to create.

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?

Do not drink when working on the Macs as you could spill some on it and if it short circuits you could be

electrocuted.

Do not drink while you are using a Mac or have a drink

near the Mac.

Do not leave lap top wires around as they are tripping hazard. Don’t leave laptop wires hanging around the room.

Do not spend too much time on the computer as it can be

bad for you. Take frequent brakes from the computer.