Project Management

Film Prioritization
Inga Narmontaite & Jeron Daniel

COMPANY PROFILE
The company is a film division for a large
entertainment conglomerate. The main
office is located in California. The company
had many diversification that branches on
to theme parks, home videos, interactive
games etc.

COMPANY MUST OBJECTIVES

All

projects must meet current legal,

safety and environmental standards.
All film projects should receive a PG or
lower advisory rating.
All Projects should now have an adverse
effect on current or planned operations
within the larger company.

COMPANY WANT OBJECTIVES (1/2)

Be

nominated for and win an academy

award for Best Picture of the year.
Create at least one new animated
character each year that cab star in a
cartoon or TV series.
Generate additional merchandise
revenue (action figures, dolls,
interactive games, music CDs).
Raise Public consciousness about
environmental issues and concerns.

COMPANY WANT OBJECTIVES (2/2)

Generate

profit in excess of 18 percent.

Advance the state of the art in film
animation, and preserve the firms
reputation.
Provide the basis for the development of a
new ride at a company-owned theme park.

FILM PROPOSALS
PROJECT

LAMA
PROJECT
PROJECT
PROJECT
JAPUNI
PROJECT
PROJECT
STORY
PROJECT

PROPOSAL 1 - MY LIFE WITH DALAI

PROPOSAL 2 - HEIDI
PROPOSAL 3 - THE YEAR OF ECHO
PROPOSAL 4 - ESCAPE FROM RIO
PROPOSAL 5 - NADIA!
PROPOSAL 6 - KEIKO-ONE WHALE OF A
PROPOSAL 7 - GRAND ISLAND

TERMINOLOGY
GENERAL AUDIENCES
All ages admitted Signifies that the film rated
contains nothing most parents will consider offensive
for even their youngest children to see or hear. Nudity,
sex scenes, and scenes of drug use are absent;
violence is minimal; snippets of dialogue may go
beyond polite conversation but do not go beyond
common everyday expressions.
PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED
Some material may not be suitable for children
Signifies that the film rated may contain some material
parents might not like to expose to their young
children-material that will clearly need to be examined
or inquired about before children are allowed to attend
the film. Explicit sex scenes and scenes of drug use are
absent; nudity, if present, is seen only briefly, horror
and violence do not exceed moderate levels

PROJECT PRIORITY EVALUATION

FORM

Must Objectives

Must meet if impacts

Meets all safety and environmental standards

Y = yes

N/A

N/A

N/A

Weighted Score

Weighted Score

Weighted Score

Weighted Score

Weighted Score

Weighted Score

Weighted Score

60

120

60

120

20

20

20

20

40

40

40

55

110

55

110

70

70

70

70

40

40

80

20

20

20

N = no
N/A = not applicable
PG or G rating

Y = yes
N = no
N/A = not applicable

No adverse effect on other operations

Y = yes
N = no
N/A = not applicable

Want

objectives

Be nominated for Best Picture

of the Year

Relative Importance 1 100

60

Single project impact definitions

0 = No potential
1 = Low potential
2 = High potential

Generate additional
merchandise

10

0 = No potential
1 = Low potential
2 = High potential

Create a new, major animated

character

20

0 = No potential
1 = Low potential
2 = High potential

Raise enviromental concerns

55

0 = No potential
1 = Low potential
2 = High potential

Generate profit greater than

18%

70

0 < 18%
1 = 18 -22%
2 > 22%

Advance state of film animation

40

0 = No Impact
1 = Some Impact
2 = Great Impact

Provide basis for new theme

ride

10

0 = No potential
1 = Low potential
2 = High potential
Total weighted score
Priority

170
5

225
4

0
7

300
2

120
6

345
1

230
3

PRIORITY
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

KEIKO-ONE WHALE OF A STORY

ESCAPE FROM RIO JAPUNI
GRAND ISLAND
HEIDI
MY LIFE WITH DALAI LAMA
NADIA!
THE YEAR OF ECHO

THANK YOU
ANY QUESTIONS???