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 involved with this project will not be too extensive. In order to create the book I will need to use Photoshop that can be downloaded and paid for each month.I will be requiring brightly coloured inks and thick paper or card. The printing costs will be a factor to consider Advertisement: after the creation of my children’s book I will want to construct posters and other ways of advertising my work to maximise sales. This will require ink, paper and printing.Available resources:The resources I need will be available to me at college.Planning: for the planning process I will require paper and drawing pencils in order to create flat plans and storyboards which will help when I am creating my children’s book.Production: the making of the book will be done on a computer using Photoshop which I have access to at college and at home and therefore this wont be a problem.

Quantity:I will be aiming at making around 1000 copies of the book in order to distribute them to a range of shops. This way, there will be a lot of children that can get hold of it but the number of copies is not too high and therefore could mean loosing out on profit.

Audience and Target Market:I will be aiming my book at 6-9 years olds, the reason for this is I believe that children of about 6 years old will start appreciating books and wanting to read them for themselves. Also children of this age will most likely already be aware of the story of Alice in Wonderland and recognise the characters and therefore want to read the book I will create.The social class I will be targeting will be abc1 as their parents will be able to afford such items as books. I believe that because the main character of my book is female, the book will appeal to young girls more so than boys even though I will be making my book gender neutral.

Quality Factors:The process I would go through to create my children’s book would be page by page therefore I would ensure each page was at the same standard as the previous one. My quality of work could be influenced by existing children’s books in order for me to have a standard of work to work towards.

Codes of Practice:There are certain codes of practice that need to be followed when creating a book, for example; the contractors need to be clear about the ownership of the copyright. This is to insure that whoever is involved in creating the product will be able to use it and to make sure that nobody is able to use the work as their own.

Regulation:Depending on the artwork and language used, it would go under the Equality Act Obscene Publications Act 1959 in the UK or Europe.

Copyright:As the original story of Alice in Wonderland is extremely old, the copyright would have run out and therefore I wouldn’t need to get any copyright permission. If I was using a book that still had valid copyright, I would need to insure I had the correct permission to create my book.

Ethical Issues:I would have to make sure I didn’t include any sensitive material that could cause offense to anybody however as this is a rather tame and friendly children’s book I wouldn’t be including anything that would be classed as offensive.

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  YesAvailable at college.Home use of laptop

 Photoshop Yes Available at home and at college

     

     

     

     

     

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 begin production. I have decided to make items first and add them into the pages as I go.

Item to make Tea party accessories (cakes, tea cups, cutlery) Trees

These will be made by rotoscoping and finding an image online and using the Filter Gallery on Photoshop to make it look like a cartoon.

Session 2:

 Characters.

 I will begin making my characters. I will start with the Mad Hatter as he will have the most complex clothing and therefore take the most time to create.

 

Session 3:

Characters continued:

Alice and white rabbit creation. The white rabbit will be based on the Tim Burton 2010 version from Alice in Wonderland.

I will use the rotoscope technique to create Alice. To make her look original and not to copy the film version I will find an image of a woman online and rotoscope her then add specific features that will make sure she is identified as Alice e.g. blue dress

Session 4:

Characters continued.

The final character to create will be Cheshire Cat. This will be done using rotoscoping and shape technique.

Session 5 & 6

 Items

 The items I have to create will be the TV, phone, camera, photograph of Mad Hatter, Cheshire Cat and White Rabbit, the bed and beside table. This will most likely take up to two lessons.

Session 7:

 Backgrounds.

 In this session I will be making backgrounds for each page. This will include things like the house on page 3 and the woods.

Session 8:

  Items.

I will be inserting the items I have created into the pages during this session. The characters will be added to the page first and then the items around them leaving space for the script to be added later.

Session 9:

  Texture

 This session will be spent adding texture to my pages for example: the grass will need a slight texture so it doesn’t just look like a green square on the page. I will be adding shadows to my items. This will add a bit of depth to the images.

Session 10:

 Final amendments and text,

First off, I will add the text part of the book to each page/I will then use this last session to make any final adjustments that need to be done.Work will be checked and improvements made.

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?

Liquids around the electrical equipment.

I will avoid spilling any drinks over the electrical equipment by only having water and I will step away from

the computers to drink.

Sitting in front of the computers for a long period of time causing eye strain.

The Display Screen Equipment Regulation 1992 insures people have breaks from looking at the computer for a

long period of time to avoid eye straining.

Tripping hazard.Insure that all items such as bags are out of the way to

avoid tripping over them.