Big Hair Days

a film by

g r o o v y f i l m s . b i z

Edited  by

J o h n  H a r t m a n

Videography  by

Michael Wagner

Tim Wagner

J o h n  H a r t m a n

Music  by

Michael Wagner

Welcome to the groovy threshold of the beloved PXL-2000.

This page is dedicated to preserving and hosting PLX-2000 films.

BIG HAIR DAYS was, in 1989, the norm for my friends and me. The heavy metal/party lifestyle allowed us to express ourselves in singularly unique fashion...yeah, right! We were typically just a bunch of randy, hard working, metal heads. Basically good guys, as I recall, but bored.

The PXL-2000 (literally, a toy camera made by Fisher-Price, manufactured only from 1988-1989) was about all we could afford, and filmmaking was just a pastime for most of us, excepting myself. These were home movies...akin to today's "real TV," I suppose. I never really considered I'd do anything with the footage, but the groovy PXL-2000 cult following has changed that.

The PXL captures video footage on an ordinary audio cassette, and then may be transferred to a VHS tape or the like. The PXL records at a mere 100 lines of horizontal resolution (as opposed to the more standard 500 lines that many mini DV cams accommodate) and a mere 15 frames per second (as opposed to the more standard 30 frames that most video cams capture footage at). Hence, the PXL produces a rather grainy/pixilated image. The audio is recorded along with the video and the camera motor noise is easily discernable, but that lends to the flavor of the PXL. Moreover, if the batteries begin to run low, the image quality is reduced. Distortions appear. Fluctuations, static, and ripples...all these "imperfections" lend to a rather unique image that would be difficult to reproduce.

And we don't want to!

The images captured from the PXL are worthy to be displayed, and so here we are. Please submit your PXL-2000 films that we might begin to pay the type of homage that the charming PXL-2000 deserves.

Thanks. John. 6-29-06, info@groovyfilms.biz

www.PXL-2000.biz