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Still More

I still have a couple more episodes of Snowy Sunday in the works. Multiple conditions [the lack of snow being one of them] have worked their evil to curb the amount of filming I had planned.

Thanks for being patient with me. Before you know it, Scooter Sunday will return with all new episodes. It’s going to be a fun season… or at least I’ll do my best to make it fun.

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Big Thank You To…

I would like to thank both BlondeBlogger and Mr Shiny for allowing me to use their footage of the snow they captured on video during the big snow storms that hit their area. Without it, who knows how much longer it would have been before I posted a new episode of Snowy Sunday. [several more episodes are in production at this time]

A special shout out to Mr Shiny’s son for his brave trek through the snow-packed terrain.

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What’s This?

I actually filmed all of this the same weekend that I was supposed to edit it and upload it [the last week of December 2009]. Didn’t want to wait 10 months before it got posted [which would have made it even more dated. Enjoy!

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Still Catching Up

Honest, I do have many more episodes to film, edit and post before winter ends, including a Christmas episode [damn, I am behind, aren't I?], Clay the snowman, a Pulp Fiction remake [a different scene than the one I did last year, with a bit of my own creativity thrown in], an all new sledding episode and much more. Now that’s a lot to get done in eight weeks. Let’s see what I can make happen.

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Catching Up

Well, I’ve not quite been here ‘each and every week’, but I am working on catching up what’s been missed here. More new episodes are in the works.

Snowy Sunday returns – NOW!

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The Return of Snowy Sunday

Yes, it’s true. Regardless of my lack of love for all things cold and snow, I do love making videos. And I can’t just hibernate inside all winter without making a video each and every week.

And yes, you read that right. Each and every week, I will be posting a new episode of Snowy Sunday. Not all episodes can be stellar works of brilliance, but I can promise they will be at least entertaining in some form.

Season 2?

As you may have noticed above, this episode is number 18, with no mention of a season number. While this is considered the second season of Snowy Sunday, I’ve decided to just continue the numbering of each episode in sequential order. So for as long as I will make Snowy Sunday episodes, their numbers will simply increase.

So enjoy, my Snowy Sunday fans and viewers.

Snowy Sunday Ep. 017 from Marty Mankins on Vimeo.

I want to thank all of you for tuning in for this first season. And for being extra patient with me these last few weeks. It’s been a challenging one, filled with busy day job work, story writing and as I recently blogged about, the loss of our two oldest cats.

Scooter Sunday returns

While the Snowy Sunday videos were fun and entertaining, I know for a fact that there’s some diehard Scooter Sunday fans that have been waiting longer than I have for the snow to melt. Well, the wait is only one more week. Next sunday is the return of Scooter Sunday, which begins it’s second season. More details next week, plus another contest, requested from long time reader Penelope.

In the meantime, I’d like to announce the first Banal Leakage Blogoversary Celebration giveaway. As with the rules of my previous giveaway I did for my 100 Posts Celebration, it’s easy to enter.

Just leave a comment with your three (that’s 3) favorite episodes of Snowy Sunday. This may require you re-watch all of the episodes, or you can just randomly pick three numbers between 1 and 16. Or maybe you already know what your favorite episodes are. Or you can wait and vote until the season ending episode of Snowy Sunday comes out [it will be Episode #17]. You have until Saturday April 18th at 11:59pm PDT to enter, when I will pick three (3) random winners. So no worries on time. No reason to rush the vote.

What’s that? You couldn’t find three favorites? Impossible, I say. But hey, It’s all good. Just list two or even one if you only have a single favorite. Just make sure to leave a comment with the episode(s).

What’s the prize?

I will pick three (3) winners, who will each get a $10 iTunes gift card. Not much, but hey, it will get you an album [at least most of one, anyway] or nine songs or a movie or, hell, whatever you can get for $10.

My Three Favorites

Now that I’ve asked you for your favorite Snowy Sunday episodes, I will share mine. Because, hey, I created them, I can have favorites, too.

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*** #3 ***

Snowy Sunday #01

- I liked this one for several reasons, including it was one my daughter and I did together. And I love all things Jackass and it was just plain fun to do.

Snowy Sunday Ep. 001 from Marty Mankins on Vimeo.

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*** #2 ***

Snowy Sunday #06

- For some reason, the music and the type of snowy event I was filming just melded together very well. Score on for the Bee Gee’s

Snowy Sunday Ep. 006 from Marty Mankins on Vimeo.

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*** #1 ***

Snowy Sunday #08

- I had so much fun sledding that day. It was fucking cold here that morning, too [it was barely 10 degrees]. People driving by and seeing a crazy guy with a camera, sledding down this hill multiple times. No apologies. Plus, being able to fit a Guns N Roses song into one of my videos made this the first place winner in my book.

Snowy Sunday Ep. 008 from Marty Mankins on Vimeo.

Contest Over

The contest has ended. I will announce the winners soon.

Snowy Sunday Ep. 016 from Marty Mankins on Vimeo.

To YouTube or not…

I’ve just about given up on YouTube for my weekly videos. Not that I don’t want to provide another option in addition to the wonderful Vimeo quality videos. I know those that watch via their iPhones appreciate the YouTube version. But I’m pretty tired of wondering if the audio in my video is going to get cut or not. Granted, this week’s video uses a track from Alice In Chains, which is a Sony artist. And I think it’s been safe before. But it really is a crap shoot for the types of videos I create.

UPDATE: And we have success. A YouTube uploaded version of Snowy Sunday [which I didn't have to alter]

Here’s the link: YouTube version of Snowy Sunday Ep. 016

The End of Snowy Sunday

Next week is the last episode of Snowy Sunday for the season. It’s going to be a compilation episode, looking back on all of the snow [and lack of snow] I filmed during the long winter.

Snowy Sunday Ep. 015 from Marty Mankins on Vimeo.

YouTube Users – No video upload this week. Because I used a WMG artist [Collective Soul], they stripped the audio out. They are getting good at this, as it was only minutes after it was uploaded that I got the “Content Matched” message. I promptly deleted the video. I apologize for this inconvenience.

No Snowy Sunday for Two Weeks

Well, at least not from me. I leave on Friday for Hawaii. But I’m not leaving you post-less while I’m gone. I have lined up some great guest bloggers who will be providing you with some good, clean, wholesome entertainment sinfully and carnally-pleasing blog posts. Here’s the line up:

• March 8th – Karl from Secondhand Tryptophan
• March 9th [week of] – Catherine from Seventh Notebook
• March 15th – Hilly from Snackie’s World

Plus, while I’m in Hawaii, I plan on doing a couple of short posts with some photos and a quick blurb telling you all what a great time I’m having. Yes, I’m nice like that.

See you later on this week.

Snowy Sunday Ep. 014 from Marty Mankins on Vimeo.

For the YouTube version, click on this link: Snowy Sunday Episode 014

Snowy Sunday Ep. 013 from Marty Mankins on Vimeo.

For the YouTube version, click on this link: Snowy Sunday Episode 013

Moving Into New Territory

This episode was done entirely in Apple’s Final Cut Express 4.0. Pretty much every episode before today’s was done in iMovie 06. There were some small segments that I did in Final Cut Express 4, but they were exported out and imported into iMovie 06. As I move towards this new platform for creating my video work, you will most likely see some changes. Most of them will be for the better, but until I get my feet wet completely, some things may look a bit rough. So bear with me as I make this move. Before long, I’ll be just as well versed in FCE 4 as I am in iMovie 06.

Why not iMovie 08

I’m sure a few of you may be asking yourself, “Why didn’t he just move to iMovie 08?” And that’s a good question. To be honest, I did try it out but I quickly became frustrated trying to do the basic steps of bringing in video and moving it around. Simply put, I need the video timeline that is in iMovie 06 and Final Cut Express 4. I’ve gotten used to editing with the timeline and it’s made putting these videos together mostly painless. At the same time, I will be learning Final Cut Express 4, which is a step towards Final Cut Pro, a platform that I’ve always planned to eventually make the move to.