The dim lighting used in much of prestige television has been one of my major irritations in recent years. Nowhere was that more evident than in the most recent, otherwise fairly epic (though I know there are contrarians) GOT episode. I have not been sure if the dark was a pseudo-artistic pretension or a cover for other technical problems. The linked article provides evidence it is both. The CGI In this action packed, stunt heavy, monster laden episode may have looked too clunky in adequate light. But cinematographer Fabian Wagner’s Hyper defensive explanations confirm my worst fears about this trend. There is literally no reason they could not have had both the drama of the Dothraki riding into the dark, or the various light changes to mark the different stages of the episode and still have adequately lit most of it. And his blaming viewers for not having state of the art equipment and theater conditions is both outrageous and inaccurate (I watched in the dark with a properly adjusted digital TV). The second act, which they wanted to feel like a horror film, was undermined, because half the time the viewer is left not in suspense or fear, but confusion. It’s a shame, because I did like the episode, and by all accounts it was a long, cold and brutal shoot for actors and crew. Their work deserved to be served better by the cinematographer, who instead indulged his own ego.
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