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 be no costs for my book as all of the production for it will be done in Photoshop.

Available resources:The resources that I will need for my book that I have available to me are resources such as computers to make my book on, Photoshop to rotoscope the backgrounds in my book, the internet to search for ideas on how I want my backgrounds and characters to look, a storyboard so I can keep track of what the order of scenes is and how many of one background I need to make.

Quantity:For the selling and publishing of my book, I will publish a small batch as a special limited edition book and print anywhere from approximately 50 - 20 books and then if they appear to be popular, publish more in a bigger batch and make them mass market books.

Audience and Target Market:The target market of my book varies, as I believe it would be suitable for 4 year olds and above. Even though it has a lot of wording in it and may be more suitable for children of the ages 7 and above, young children can still enjoy the book by having it read to them by adults. The book is not aimed at one particular gender however does have a mysterious plot behind it and may interest boys more than girls due to the type of fairytale it is however will be suitable for people of all classes.

Quality Factors:To allow my book the be the best it can be I will ensure all my plans for the book are carefully planned out and I have a time schedule that I stick to. I will also make sure that along the way of making my book I compare the pages and the backgrounds to make sure each page is similar and there is a sense of consistency throughout the book.

Codes of Practice:To help me when I am producing the book I will follow The Publishers Association Code of Practise for Book Publishers. These guidelines state that authors must produce high quality work in the correct amount of time that they estimated otherwise costs could be cut. It also provides guidelines on how the author and publisher must work together and treat each other in order for a successful partnership.

Regulation:Because my book is purely just a storybook and it includes no interactive features, it doesn’t class as a toy and so doesn’t fall under the Toy Story Directive 2009/48/3C however acts that may appear in the process of making this book are the Obscene Publications Act 1959 and the Equality Act 2010.

Copyright:Because the storyline I have chosen to follow was created in 1812, it is free of copyright. However that isn’t all that needs to be taken into consideration when thinking about copyrights. Any images taken from the internet that I have taken inspiration from can’t be shown in the book due to copyright. Because I am creating my own illustrations for the characters and a few objects in my book, I will not be copying anyone else’s ideas and so they will be copyright free as it is all my own work and it has been drawn not copied from the internet.

Ethical Issues:When creating this book I have to consider ethical issues and if any of the features of this book could cause discomfort among the audience such as decency, representation and cultural sensitivity.

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?

Adobe Photoshop  

 Use full version given at college and Photoshop Elements 11

 Scanner  

Use at college and scanner in printer at home. Ensure there is time available in college to use it as it is a more preferred option

 Internet Access  

Internet access available at home and college and so if one is unavailable I have another source to prevent my work flow being interrupted,

 Computer  

Use of personal laptop, home computer and college computer. Is it easier to have a Mac than a PC? Mac has full version of Photoshop which allows all the pages to be produced on that and look consistent in the book.

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:

Rotoscope the miller’s daughter and Rumpelstiltskin ready to put into the scenes

Make speech that the characters say in the speech bubbles and check spelling before finalising text. Rotoscope a necklace for the scene. (Scene 3)

Start to make the second scene (in the woods) of the two that will feature in the book. Make it a night scene. Find a picture of the woods and rotoscope it on Photoshop.

Session 2:Create the King, Miller and the Messenger by Rotoscoping. Copy basic rotoscope versions and copy if any adjustments need to be made e.g. where they are look or hand positions

Use room background and create a version of it but make window daytime and not a nighttime scene

Illustrate the spinning wheel, straw and money ready to scan into Photoshop and put on pages.

 

Session 3:

Create the text and the speech bubbles that the characters will say in the Scene 1. Check spelling before finalizing the text.

Assemble the first page and get all the characters in their places and write the text on the other page.

Make night version of the daytime woods scene by rotoscoping in Photoshop

 

Session 4:

 Start assembling all the scenes in Photoshop by positioning characters in correct places.

 Assemble Scene 2 with the Miller’s daughter and speech bubble. Check spelling before finalizing text.

 

 

Session 5:

Assemble Scene 4. Create a bigger pile of straw. Position King and Miller’s daughter in the room that is the morning scene.

Put together all the parts of Scene 5. Position Rumpelstiltskin the miller’s daughter and the money in the daytime scene. Rotoscope a ring in photoshop.

 

 

Session 6: Assemble Scenes 6 & 7. For scene 6, position the miller’s daughter and the king in the daytime room background with the bigger pile of straw. Add in speech bubble for the King.

For scene 7, positon the miller’s daughter and Rumpelstiltskin in the room background with the night scene. Add in a bigger pile of money and speech bubbles. Check spelling before finalizing.

 

 

Session 7:

 For scene 8 put the miller’s daughter and the King in the daytime woods scene and create the speech bubbles and check the spelling,

For scene 9, use the nighttime woods scene and position Rumpelstiltskin and the Miller’s daughter in it. Create the text bubbles for the characters and position them carefully to allow it to be followed and read easily.

 

 

Session 8: Scene 10, daytime woods scene with the messenger and the miller’s wife . Add speech bubbles after scene and characters are set up and positioned on a 45 degree angle. Check for spelling errors before finishing off text.

Set up scene 11 by using the daytime scene and position Rumpelstiltskin and the miller’s daughter and add any speech bubbles that are necessary.

 

 

Session 9:

 Scene 12 – daytime room scene with Rumpelstiltskin and the miller’s wife. Create speech bubbles for Rumpelstiltskin.

 Create text pages for each scene to go with the picture. Use serif font and check spelling before finalizing the text.

 Check through book to see if any adjustments need to be made and that it makes sense.

 

Session 10:

Thoroughly check through work to see if there are any spelling mistakes or grammar errors. Check over more than once and get other people to check in case I have missed any.

 Convert all photoshop scenes to JPEG and put in a separate slideshow of the finished book.

 If time, create a front cover with Rumpelstiltskin on using rotoscoping and word tools in photoshop.

 

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?

 Tripping in the work area Tuck away all tripping hazards including tucking in chairs under desks

 Getting hurt from sitting at the computer too long.Take regular breaks every hour for minimum of 5 minutes to stretch legs and eyes.

 

Hurting yourself with equipment of substancesFollow acts such as the health and safety at work act 1974 and Control of Substances Hazardous to Health regulations (COSHH)