Overview

• Our multi-media project will be on the topic of the “compensation culture” in America. Over the past few decades there has been a rise in frivolous lawsuits and we want to find out how things got to be the way they are. The reason that this is a “public” controversy is because it has come to shape much of the world around us. It’s the reason that there are so many waivers nowadays and ridiculous warning labels. There are tons of things that aren’t allowed now because they’re marked as “liability issues” because of these lawsuits.
• We want to answer the questions about what the causes of the compensation culture are as well as the effect that this has on the United States’ society. We also want to consider what direction American culture is heading towards because of the constant suing.
• We have yet to really get a picture of how we want to historicize the controversy as we need to do more research, but we want to find the first marked ridiculous lawsuit and figure out what the decision directly led to, and then go to different “big” frivolous lawsuits throughout time and the impact that they have had on culture, summarizing with the overall impact.

• The following is an outline of what we want our project to be, just so it’s easier to get a picture of:
  • Title Slide: Compensation Culture and other key definitions.
  • McDonald’s Lawsuit
  • Example of Extremely Ridiculous lawsuit(s)
  • Define compensation culture and explain lawsuits.
    • Really delve into the other definitions.
• Timeline
  • Beginning of lawsuits
  • 1^st ridiculous lawsuits
  • Main frivolous lawsuits throughout time.
  • How common they are now.
  • Other Statistics
• Discuss causes of compensation culture
• Discussion of compensation culture’s effect on US society
• Discuss what direction US culture is heading toward due to compensation culture

Overview

• Amy
  • Content
    • Amy is responsible for the first four bullet points and if she finishes early will help Mallory with the Timeline.
      • Title Slide: Compensation Culture and other key definitions.
      • McDonald’s Lawsuit
      • Example of Extremely Ridiculous lawsuit(s)
      • Define compensation culture and explain lawsuits.
        • Really delve into the other definitions.
  • She will also be responsible for coming up with different pictures, podcasts, music, and movies that relate to their research and information that they are responsible for.
  • Mallory
    • Content
      • Mallory is responsible for the timeline.
        • Timeline
          • Beginning of lawsuits
          • 1^st ridiculous lawsuits
          • Main frivolous lawsuits throughout time.
          • How common they are now.
            • Other Statistics
  • She will also be responsible for coming up with different pictures, podcasts, music, and movies that relate to their research and information that they are responsible for.
  • Nick
    • Content
      • Nick is responsible for the last three bullet points and if he finishes early will help Mallory with the Timeline.
        • Discuss causes of compensation culture
        • Discussion of compensation culture’s effect on US society
        • Discuss what direction US culture is heading toward due to compensation culture
  • He will also be responsible for coming up with different pictures, podcasts, music, and movies that relate to their research and information that they are responsible for.
  • Everyone
    • Everyone will be responsible for coming together to help edit the movie and come up with a way to present the information.
    • The person who will do the initial compilation of our project (the rough draft) is currently undecided as we want to consider our schedules and workloads for other classes’ so if one person’s overbooked, someone else can take it on.
    • We will all be there to watch all versions of the project and any future edits made must be done by the group and with everyone’s consent.

Timeline:  

• November 13^th
  • Research on individual aspects of the project, creating outlines and summaries of the information. Brainstorm different ways to incorporate the information in the movie. Gather necessary materials.
  • Friday, November 16^th
    • In Class: Continue research on individual aspects of the project, creating outlines and summaries of the information. Brainstorm different ways to incorporate the information in the movie. Gather necessary materials.
    • Monday, November 26^th
    • Tuesday, November 27^th
      • Have all of the information by this date and compiled. Make sure to have all of the materials and for your ideas by this date as well.
      • Wednesday, November 28^th
        • Gather current materials for video.
        • Brainstorm different ways to use the materials and information.
        • Create a soundboard for the method we decide
          • Discover any possible gaps.
          • Thursday, November 29^th
          • Friday, November 30^th
          • Saturday, December 1^st
            • If we have any gaps that we need to fill in for our project, or new ideas after class, make sure that we get the necessary materials and take care of them by the end of Saturday.
            • Have one person put together the rough draft movie according to soundboard.
            • Monday, December 3^rd
            • Tuesday, December 4^th
            • Wednesday, December 5^th (NO CLASS, so meet during class time)
              • Everyone comes to watch it and sees what needs to be changed or can be reworked.
              • If it’s good: add the finishing touches
              • If it’s not: get to work immediately to fix things up.
              • Either the same person or a different person adds in the fixes to the movie
              • Thursday, December 6^th
                • Everyone comes to watch it and sees what needs to be changed or can be reworked.
                • Add the finishing touches.
                • Monday, December 10^th
                  • Have a finished version of the multi-media project in order to go over with Professor Babcock on December 10^th.
                  • Figure out what the critiques are and take note of them on the movie.
                  • Go over the edits with the group and complete the project to have finished movie (multi-media project).