Microsoft Project 2016 – Part 4 You are making a movie (or

Microsoft Project 2016 – Part 4

You are making a movie (or at least planning one).

Please save your file with the name of your movie with your last name to submit for this assignment.

Study the tasks for the project in the table below.

Line

Task Description

Duration

1

Post Production

.8d

2

Editing

9d

3

Promotion

1d

4

Special Effects

8d

5

Scoring

10d

6

Premiere Film

1d

7

Premiere Milestone

0d

8

Pre Production

.8d

9

Studio Approves Concept Milestone

0d

10

Assign Director

1d

11

Complete Screenplay

1w

12

Studio Approves Director/Screenplay

0d

13

Build Sets

8d

14

Casting

6d

15

Scout Locations

6d

16

Production Schedule

0.8d

17

Begin Shooting Schedule Milestone

0

18

Exterior Los Angeles

1w

19

Exterior Washington DC

2w

20

Interior

0.8d

21

General Scenes

5d

22

Love Scenes

4d

23

Action Scenes

8d

24

Wrap Party

6h

25

Wrap Milestone

0

You should by now have a grasp of Microsoft Project 2016. Please review the prior three parts as necessary to do this assignment.

Using Microsoft Project build a Filming Schedule.

Steps:

Using Microsoft Project 2016, which is available in the computer lab at Ballston 4016. Launch and start a new project.

Create a name/title for your movie and your last name as the file name (for example: The Professor – Awan).

Start date for this project is: 11/01/2022. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=537DAYkWi9Y

Change the Project Working Times – Exceptions. The project will observe the following holidays: Election Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Thursday, Black Friday, and others as applicable during the project duration. Please enter holidays for November, December, and January. See:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P4Q2qL_8XU

Change the Project Working Times – Work Weeks. Please the set the project work days to Monday to Saturday from 6:00 AM-10:00 AM, 11:00 AM-3:00 PM, and 4:00 PM-6:00 PM. There will be 10hrs per day and 60hrs per week for scheduling purposes. See:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS_UAuGbXhI&list=PLAFDE9CD366148D5F&index=24

Please enter the title of the movie on line 0 (using show Project Summary Task). See:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-P2-xwXnV4&list=PLAFDE9CD366148D5F&index=1

Please enter the first task from the table above on line 2 in the Task Name Column and onward until the last task.

Please enter the duration for the first task from the table above in the Duration column for each respective task.

Please make the task sub tasks as follows:

Tasks 2-7 are subtasks of Post Production.

Tasks 9-15 are subtasks of Pre Production.

Tasks 17-25 are subtasks of Production Schedule.

Rearrange the main phases into a logical sequence. See:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQo0_RCksKw

The three main phases will be linked together finish to start. Please change the Task Mode for each task to Auto Scheduled in the Task Mode Column.

Please make the General, Love, and Action scenes subtasks of Interiors.

Please assign predecessor task in the Predecessors column as follows:

Assign Director and Complete Screen Play must finish before the studio can Approve Director.

After the Screen Play is Completed, they will need 1 week to review before continuing with the film.

Build Sets, Casting and Scout locations can begin together after Studio Approves Dir/Scr. Build Sets, Casting and Scout Locations are not linked to each other.

Exterior Los Angeles and Interior shooting can begin after the Begin Shooting milestone but are not dependent on each other.

The Interior Shooting scenes are linked Finish to Start in their current order.

The wrap party will follow the finish of Exterior Washington DC and Interior.

Editing and Special Effects are in a Start to Start relationship. See:

https://www.tacticalprojectmanager.com/start-to-start-dependency/

Scoring cannot be started until Editing and Special Effects finish.

Premiere Film cannot start until Scoring is finished.

Promotion must begin 3 full weeks before the film premieres (elapsed time). (Hint: a negative 3 weeks.) See:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naItzH5VSsY

Assign Resources:

Assign One Carpenter to Build Sets

Assign Screenwriter to Complete Screenplay

Assign Director to Casting

Assign an Assistant Director and Director of Photography to Scout Locations

Assign Camera Crew 1 and Director of Photography to Exterior Los Angeles

Assign Camera Crew 2 and Director of Photography to Exterior Washington DC

Assign everyone to Wrap Party

Assign Larry, Moe, Curly and Camera Crew 3 to General Scenes

Assign Moe, Curly and Camera Crew 4 to Love Scenes

Assign Curly, Larry and Camera Crew 1 to Action Scenes

Assign Editor 1 to Editing and Editor 2 to Special Effects

Assign Leo Burnett to Promotion

Assign Composer to Scoring

Assign Composer, Director, Larry, Moe, Curly, Director of Photography, and Screenwriter to Premiere Film

Assign Resource costs for each resource.

Assign a Carpenter a cost $50.00 per hour

Assign Screenwriter a cost $200.00 per hour

Assign Director a cost $350.00 per hour

Assign an Assistant Director and Director of Photography a cost $300.00 per hour each

Assign Camera Crew 1, 2, 3, and 4 a cost $550.00 per hour each

Assign Larry, Moe, Curly a cost $150.00 per hour each individual

Assign Editor 1 and 2 a cost $325.00 per hour

Assign Leo Burnett a cost $150.00 per hour

Assign Composer a cost $250.00 per hour

When will your Movie Premiere?