Latest articles by Walter Schoenknecht
For Smart TV, Broadcasters Must 'Embrace Disruption'
It may be a whole new ballgame, but the media industry has a spot in the starting lineup reserved for them, if they're willing to think a little differently.
QTube Drives 'Exciting Times' For Quantel
The company's biggest NAB Show splash comes from QTube, a platform facilitating self-scaling video workflows over IP.
The Storyteller's Secret: Visual Effects 'Drive Audience Engagement'
Chances are, if you've seen a particularly moving and well-told story, you've seen a boatload of visual effects—and probably never noticed.
Panel Shines a Light on UltraViolet
The UltraViolet project is a collaboration among more than 60 players from different industries.
Snell Technology Enables Web Tie-Ins
With a downloadable third-party app, viewers can tap into metadata and "triggers" synced to a program's real-time broadcast.
Holding for Support
Grab a beverage of choice, maybe a bowl of nuts or chips, start a game of Minesweeper, and curl up with the telephone
Ripping For Dollars
How'd you like your client to be in the movies? Bet I could arrange it for you.
Face the Music
And so I sit, for the thousandth time in my life, facing a mountain of production music discs, and mumbling under my breath. Hateful task.
The Truck Gets In Your Blood
As a truck guy, when you show up for work, you’ve got no guarantee of a good meal or a clean restroom or even electric power.
Doing a Script Check For Accuracy
In our area, there's a popular extra-credit assignment from elementary and high school English teachers: Get out your blue pencil and proofread the daily newspaper.
Curse of the Early Adopters
There's something inherently appealing about being the first on your block with an ingenious new gadget.
Colorful Language for Video Editors
The last several years have seen a revolution in color-correction techniques, one in which the electron team—us video folks—have merged paths with the photon team—the film guys.
The AC Is Running
The assistant cameraman on a tapeless HD shoot is responsible for trafficking the memory cards, keeping them organized, safely dumping them and re-loading the camera.
Note to the Teacher
It was nice to meet you at the Middle School Back-To-School Night last week.
Looking Inward
As in medicine, the highly focused television specialist lives and works at the pinnacle of his or her art. So what could be more exciting than when specialist meets specialist?
DVD Authoring: Driven to Abstraction
You may think you're in control of your DVD authoring, but you're not.
