This October 2nd, the seventh installment of “The House of the Dragon” was released, a prequel to the iconic “Game of Thrones” series, which so far has had a positive reception, but this week the fans are not happy. In this last chapter, “Driftmark”, the lighting of several scenes is so dark that you can’t even see the characters. Viewers complain that they have to rely on sound to guess who was on the screenwhich provoked a barrage of criticism on social networks, seeking explanations.
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Photos shared by some viewers show the difference between the first images revealed by HBO and the episode in questionindicating that the decision to dim the lighting may have been made during post-production color retouching.
Subscription television network HBO replied on Twitter that the low light was “an intentional creative decision”. Director of photography Fabian Wagner, under the direction of Argentine Miguel Sapochnik, has joined in defending his stylistic choice: “I wanted the narrative of enlightenment to evolve with the narrative of the characters”To explain.
Another ‘long night’
It is not the first time that the darkness of the “Game of Thrones” saga has been criticized. We are not talking about the darkness of his subjects, but literally the darkness of the screen, which makes it difficult for viewers to understand what is going on. The cause of the darkness may have a name and a surname – Miguel Sapochinik.
The Argentine director, showrunner of the series until this year, also directed the episode ‘The Long Night’from the eighth season of the original series, which was the longest in the saga and which, showing his title, he was widely criticized because almost nothing was seen in the mythical Battle of Winterfell. This episode was recorded during the nights of two months (55 nights in total), which could explain why in the chapter of ‘Mercaderiva’ we preferred to opt for the adjustment of the light in post-production.
* The next episode of “House of the Dragon” will air on HBO at 3am Sunday 9 October.
Source: E Cartelera
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