Big Hair Days

Big Hair Days - PXL - 2000
A Short Film

Welcome to the groovy threshold of the beloved PXL-2000. 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 just a bunch of randy, hard working, metal heads. Basically good guys, as I recall, but bored.
	The PXL-2000 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 thought I'd do anything with the footage, but the groovy PXL-2000 cult following has changed that.
The PXL-2000 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-2000 has a rather grainy/pixilated image. Moreover, if the batteries begin to run low, the imaged quality is reduced. Fluctuations, static, and ripples appear. All this lends to a rather unique image that would be difficult to reproduce.
	And we don't want to! The image derived from the PXL-2000 is worthy of art-house filmmakers, 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