Question

text 1
at a screening in los angeles, archivist miguel serrano defended heavy digital restoration of a 1927 newsreel.
scratches and flicker, he said, are noise that keeps students from noticing composition and gesture. since the archive can afford only one master file, serrano favors using software to smooth the image and normalize brightness, even if that means guessing missing pixels.

text 2
film historian tasha greene replies that the scratches and uneven exposure are part of what the newsreel is: proof of the camera stock, the projector, and decades of handling. she warns that algorithms that guess pixels can erase real details.
greene proposes releasing a clean version for casual viewing alongside a second cut that preserves some marks and includes a log of any edits.

which choice best describes a difference in how the authors view the main purpose of the digital restoration described in the texts?
a text 1 treats scratches and flicker as essential evidence of history, whereas text 2 treats them as distractions that should be removed through software.

b text 1 favors producing a single definitive master file, whereas text 2 favors making restoration decisions by community vote at public screenings.

c text 1 prioritizes viewer accessibility through digital cleanup, whereas text 2 insists on retaining every original imperfection to document the film’s physical past.

d text 1 treats restoration mainly as a way to make the film easier for modern viewers to study, whereas text 2 treats restoration mainly as a way to preserve evidence of the film’s material history, even if some flaws remain.

Explanation:

• For option A: Text 1 does not treat scratches and flicker as essential history evidence (Serrano sees them as noise to remove), so A is wrong.
• For option B: Text 2 does not propose community vote for restoration decisions (Greene proposes two versions, not community vote), so B is wrong.
• For option C: Text 2 does not insist on retaining every original imperfection (proposes a clean version and a version with some marks), so C is wrong.
• For option D: Text 1's Serrano restores to help students (modern viewers) study by removing noise. Text 2's Greene sees scratches as part of the film's physical past and wants to preserve that history (even with flaws), so D matches.

Answer:

D. Text 1 treats restoration mainly as a way to make the film easier for modern viewers to study, whereas Text 2 treats restoration mainly as a way to preserve evidence of the film’s material history, even if some flaws remain.