Thank you for your interest in Pinhead. Below you may learn more about him, and those of us who look after him. Be sure to view the credits page.

Pinhead And his World Project

Pinhead is a character conceived by members of the Pinnacle Studio 10 User forums. After much discussion and comradery, it was decided what fun it would be to put together a group production, something we all could take credit for. Pinhead would be the star of our movie, visiting all of our hometowns and cities. While each of our movies would be unique, Pinhead is the common factor. This way we shared a little bit about where we come from, yet had some fun in the process. That was how Pinhead came to be. The world project eventually evolved into a contest with many participants. You may see a list of participants below. These clips may still be viewed in our view clips section. The full write up about this project is on the World Project Info Page. DGI is the copyright holder of Pinhead.

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Pinhead And his Story Project

PinheadHQ's second project, became The Story Project. The videos could be about anything the editors wanted with Pinhead being the star. There was no specific theme, except that editors were to tell a story. Participants were judged on putting together a story. Pinhead was to be in most of the scenes and be moving, or used as a cut-out, or otherwise engaged in the story.  Part of the process was to encourage learning. Originally clips were to remain anonymous until the end, and have a minimum running time of 2 minutes but no more than 6 minutes in length. Both concepts were dropped during the project, to encourage sharing of techniques. Studio was the primary video editor. Photo programs to change the appearance of Pinhead were allowed.  You may see a list of participants below. These clips may still be viewed in our view clips section. The full write up about this project is on the Story Project Page.

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Pinhead's Mystery Manor

Mystery Manor was first conceived near the end of Pinhead's first project in 2006, The World Project. From that time the project idea evolved and developed through Project Two Tell a Story. Project Two showed some great talent and skill, feeling editors might be ready for a challenge Mystery Manor officially became Project 3. This advance knowledge even allowed for a teaser to conclude The Second Annual Golden Pinhead Awards. Mystery Manor launched in January 2008. It opened with a full opening video to set up a story the editors would have to conclude. Pinhead returned as a murder suspect, amongst a full cast of other suspects. Besides offering more characters, a set of backgrounds were also included making Mystery Manor a unique project. There was much anticipation for a high turnout. A list of known participants can be found below, some people signing up months before the project launched. The Mystery Manor opening became one of the post popular downloads, and the cast and background files closely matched its popularity. As the due date loomed, it suddenly became clear although many editors had planned to participate they did not complete their projects. The projects failure caused the cancellation of some planned bonus features, like a DVD style commentary for the opening. It also put any possibility of a fourth project at risk. The clips submitted are superb and can still be found in the View Clips section. You may read the project write up on the Mystery Manor page.

List Of Participants for Project 3 Pinhead's Mystery Manor

Name	Alias	Location	Submission
Althea	Althea	Toronto, Canada	What Really Happened
Brian	Longcross	California, USA
Paul	Paul37	Pennsylvania, USA
Liz	Speilberg Wanna-Be	Texas, USA	The Sting
Igno	icd	Netherlands
Michael	Michael	Fountain, Colorado USA
Ruth	womanmarine	North Carolina, USA
Laura	Ahroo	Cleveland, OH  USA	Conclusion - As It REALLY Happend
Austen	tenio	Ohio, US
Peter	Colour	England	Nonody Did It
Kayla	KGatz003.5	Minnesota, USA	The Plan
Heather	shygirl	Scotland UK
Marcel	Marner	Pretoria, South Africa
Brian	Snobbie45	Perthshire, Scotland
Kees	Corny	Netherlands
Simao	Milson	Chicago - US
Dennis	JustaViking	Minnesota, USA	Act II Doomed Act III Confession Act IV Research Act V Secrets
Dave	patndave		Didget Does It
Wayne	Wayne	California	In General Terms
Jeff	Sparks	UK	The Whole Story

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Pinhead's One Minute Challenge

Near the end of 2008 came the mini project. It had a much shorter run time and asked the editor a very simple question. What can you do with pinhead with a time constraint of just one minute? One exciting aspect of this project was the creativity not just from past participants, but many new ones that arrived for this one.

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Pinhead Missing

Pinhead Missing was the answer to the question what if Pinhead vanished. In early 2009 the next major project got underway. The premise was that Pinhead had vanished, and clips needed to be submitted showing where he could be. Turnout for the project was pretty high, proving Pinhead still had legs. You may view the project info page here. Below is a participants list.

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Pinhead's Silent Films

This short project was the brain child of KF Daddy. It gave editors a unique challenge. Tell your story without anyone uttering a word and do it in true silent film style. Not many, but some superb clips were the result. You may view the project info page here. Below is a participants list.

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Pinhead Lost in Time

Lost in time thought of by two committee members about the same time. While one member pitched the idea, the other eagerly jumped aboard, explaining they were thinking the same thing. Time travel seemed a perfect fit for Pinhead. Sadly it may not have been as popular with the editors themselves. With only ten clips Lost in Time, aka Back on Time became the lowest rated project in Pinhead history. The clips are wonderful, be sure to view them. The project info clip may be found here. The participation list is below.

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The Golden Pinhead Awards

As the World Project got underway, we at PinheadHQ were impressed by the clips coming in. Wanting to reward such amazing work, The Golden Pinhead Awards were created. Eight prizes were provided by Pinnacle Systems, Smartsound, TimeImage, and PlanetDV. The winners were determined by a vote of peers. A reward show starring Pinhead presenting the prizes aired on our pages. Here is the original contest page. The Golden Pinhead Awards were continued in the story project, but separated from prizes. Here is the Golden Pinhead Awards page, from the story project. The Golden Pinhead Awards are a important part of PinheadHQ, and are an annual event.

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The Committee

Paul - The man who started something with a simple post on a web forum. He asked if anyone was interested in a group project. The response was a pretty impressive YES from a great many forum members. The funny part? He is the only committee member to never take Pinhead on an adventure.

Althea - Fearless leader of the Pinhead Project. She has great enthusiasm for editing, friends, and things in general. Without her, the co-creator of Pinhead, there would be no Pinhead.

Brian - Like Althea and Paul, has been with the Pinhead Project from the beginning. His main contribution being, but not limited to the PinheadHQ web site.

Kayla - Left just before the Start of Pinhead's Tell A Story Project. She served as our spokesperson, among other things and behind the scenes cheerleader.

Joe - A Multi talented editor, winning Two top awards in the past two projects. He joined up lending his amazing talents behind the scenes.

Gerry - Another multi talented two time winner, He brings a great deal of talent, particularly with his expertise in Iclone, among other things.

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The Future

What awaits in the future we can not say, but we do hope there will be continued interest.

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