The director of photography & # 39; Game of Thrones & # 39; defend Winterfell's battle of darkness

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"Game of thrones"Battle of Winterfell has let the audience applaud and complain – the latter because of the extreme darkness – but the filmmaker is keen to point out that the blame is not his fault.

Fabian Wagner – who was also the director of the photo in rented episodes of "Thrones" like "Hardhome" and "Battle of the Bastards" – told TMZ, he realized that people are upset that " The Long Night "looks TOO, and he has an explanation.

First of all, Fabian thinks the pixelation and the muddy dark colors that fans see on their TVs and mobile devices are due to the compression of the episode by HBO … resulting in poor visual quality. The situation is even worse if it is viewed on a streaming service with a weak connection … or in a room too bright.

As Wagner says … "[GoT] has always been very dark and a very cinematic show "and should be viewed in a dark environment.It ideally means seeing it as a movie – in a dark theater.

As this is not realistic for "Thrones", Fabian suggests making your home viewing room as dark as possible, avoid looking at your phone or in bright places … and adjust your settings. TV.

The director of photography also pointed out that the filmmakers and the director wanted the episode to be dark. Wagner said battle scenes were meant to be intense, claustrophobic and disorienting – as they would be in real life – but without confusion.

Fabian said, "We tried to give viewers and fans a cool episode to watch," and he thinks he did, adding … "I know it was not too dark because that I had filmed it. "