Progress Not Perfection: The Work of Ariel Schudson

Human Interventions and Technological Rescues: Digital Restoration of the Moving Image

This piece was written for MIAS 220: Archeology of the Media, taught by Professor Michael Friend for the Moving Image Archive Studies Program at UCLA during the Winter of 2013. “Before … Continue reading

March 19, 2013 · Leave a comment

It’s Elemental, dear Watson!: Film Restoration in the Photochemical Realm

This piece was written for MIAS 220: Archeology of the Media, taught by Professor Michael Friend for the Moving Image Archive Studies Program at UCLA during the Winter of 2013. “First … Continue reading

February 20, 2013 · Leave a comment

Out of the Shadows and Onto the Screen: Project Shirley and Milestone’s Restoration of The Portrait of Jason

This piece was written for MIAS 210: Ethics of Preservation & Restoration, taught by Michael Pogorzelski for the Moving Image Archive Studies Program at UCLA during the Fall of 2012. Within … Continue reading

December 14, 2012 · Leave a comment

Raging Grain Debates: Andrea Kalas on the Sunset Blvd. Restoration

This piece was initially published on November 5th, 2012 on CRAVEONLINE.COM, and can be located in its original format here. Finally, on November 6, 2012, we will see the debut of … Continue reading

November 6, 2012 · Leave a comment

Presenting The Way It Was: Warner Bros. and Blu-Ray Restoration

This work was initially published as a roundtable interview piece in addition to my regular column on the site, and may be located in its original form on CRAVEONLINE.COM. I was particularly … Continue reading

August 1, 2012 · Leave a comment