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 will not use much money as I‘m going to use resources I already have that are free to use.
Available resources:
I will be using Photoshop and Powerpoint.
2. Quantity:
I will make it Special Edition that will produced for a very limited print run. 200 copies only.
Audience and Target Market:
It is for the British market, age 6 and above. It’s a book that a parent could read to a child or an older child
could read by themselves.
Quality Factors:
Getting ill might negatively impact the quality of the work. Also being late. Doing work at home will positively
influence my work because I can get more done. If I have a plan it will be very beneficial and I will be able to
concentrate on what I need to do. Maybe getting feedback will help me get better later on. File management
will help me be more organised.
Codes of Practice:
As the author I would have to fall within the Code of Practise for Publishers so that I could get my book
published. I have to deliver a complete manuscript to them and, if I don’t deliver it within time, it gets pulled. I
have to keep good quality of my work otherwise the publisher might be able to reclaim the advance. My book
content can’t be defamation or illegal other ise they can pull the book and won’t publish it
3. Regulation:
My book does not fall under a toy, so I’m not submitted to the toy regulation. I will make sure I don’t be a racist
in my book or discriminate against anyone. So I comply with the Equality Act 2010 and the Obscene
Publications Act 1959.
Copyright:
Since it is basically mostly an original story of mine and the story it is based on is many 100s of years old, it
would have no problem with copyright. Maybe some of the images I use might be copyrighted without me
realising
Ethical Issues:
The story might be a bit insensitive to Germans as they are the main antagonist. It might upset a few females
because there is no female character but then again World War 2 was a “boy’s only club”. Also I wanted to
write a book specifically for young boys as they are very easy for me to write for from my perspective and
there also is not a lot of good reading material out there for boys.
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?
Mac computer yes
Photoshop yes
Printer yes
Powerpoint yes
Word yes
Safari for images 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:
Page 1 Get it right –fonts, text position and image
If I get that finished begin page 2
Session 2:
Definitely start page 2 (continue page 1 if needed)
6. Session 3:
Start page 3 (if haven’t finished previous page continue to do that)
Session 4:
Start page 4 (if haven’t finished previous page continue to do that )
7. Session 5:
Start page 5 (if haven’t finished previous page continue to do that)
Session 6:
Start page 6 (if haven’t finished previous page continue to do that)
8. Session 7:
Start page 7 (if haven’t finished previous page continue to do that)
Session 8:
Start page 8 (if haven’t finished previous page continue to do that)
9. Session 9:
Start page 9 (if haven’t finished previous page continue to do that)
Session 10:
Start page 10 (if haven’t finished previous page continue to do that)
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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?
Back strain from sitting down too long Have a chair that will support your back
Eye strain
Have breaks. Look around instead of continuously
looking at the screen. Don’t get too close to the monitor.
Headaches
Take breaks. Drink water and ensure that Display Screen
Equipment is appropriately set up.
