Outline

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Glass Art Society (GAS) 42nd Annual Conference

Toledo, Ohio, June 13-16, 2012
Promotional Video Outline:


colorful, great music (**KEEP PACE throughout!)
Introduction:
Flashy, catchy, best of the best footage, wide shot of Toledo (bridge)

Keypoints:
-Toledo is great, fun – America’s Glass City
-Importance of conference (what is GAS?)
-Why care about glass
-Logos (conference, GAS, City of Toledo)
-Some kind of “welcome” (mayor?) or TMA director (Brian Kennedy)
-Coolest shots of:
:Toledo
:Glass in action (studio)
:gorgeous TMA collection
:industry shots
:people looking at the glass (interested folks)


Beginning: History of Glass in Toledo
-Libbey and commercial glass history: 1st ever glass bottle producing machine, Flat glass (used in the Ford model A car)
-Pancakes=Flat glass inspiration
-Archival photos of original factories
(Pilkington, Libbey contemporary factory shots)
Owens-Illinois
-How American Studio Glass movement started in Toledo (1962)
-Images of the museum (historical and now)
-Archival photos of 1962 event
-Most important names of Toledo glass artists (Dominick Labino (dead), who else?)
-Chicago World's Fair (Libbey Owens factory was there)

Middle: How glass has evolved
-TMA and new Pavilion
-Studio glass – shots of contemporary Toledo area studios (Fire Nation, etc.)
-Shots of people working in glass (hot/cold shops)
-Utility vs. art glass
-Old bottle producer vs. new one? How many it can make in a second compared to the 4 it could do when it was first invented?


End: The Conference
Why this region is important NOW
-Going Green/ Solar Panels
-BGSU, TMA, CCS, Ball State, OSU, Akron?, Kent programs
-Glass collectors in Toledo
-Public glass art in Toledo (Labino in Library)

How Toledo is cool
-Why it really is called the "Glass City"
-Cultural Events: Zoo, TMA, 5/3 field, Imagination Station, Library
-Outdoors: metroparks, riverwalk
-Pub Scene, fun

Highlights of the Conference (features)
-Conference Hotel: Park Inn (nice shots of the lobby, etc.)
-Lectures
-Keynote: Wilson, Strattman, Labino
-Gala event (shoot another black tie event @ pavilion)
-Demonstrations (shoot Pavilion glass shop happening)
-CMoG Roadshow (get images of the roadshow from past years)
-Trade Show (need list of vendors – cool motion graphics of logos)
-Exhibitions (professional show – get jpgs of accepted works to be included (deadline was in October)
-Classes at BGSU, Pavilion, CCS
-Gallery Hop (shoot another Toledo Gallery event with trolleys, etc.)
-GAS Fashion Show (Laura Donefer) (images from last year’s event?)
-Collectors Tour: show key collectors’ homes collections
-Lifetime Achievement Award recipient (Bertil Vallien (Swedish))
-PARTY – Huntington Center (show hip event in Toledo)