1. A method for face image prioritization based on face image prioritization based on face quality analysis: detecting a facial image in an image that has been acquired by a camera that monitors a scene; passing the facial image through a number of quality analysis filters that include a number of quality analysis factors, wherein processing complexity associated with the number of quality analysis factors increases consecutively; and submitting the facial image to a facial recognition program upon a determination that the facial image has passed the number of quality analysis filters.