Game of Thrones: Was The Long Night too dark?

The Long Night was famously filmed over 55 grueling nights in the depths of a Northern Irish winter and is one of the longest and most expensive battle sequences ever filmed in any medium. But away from the plot twists that were revealed in the 84-minute episode (no spoilers), the main debate surrounding the show has been how dark it looked.

So dark, in fact, that there’s a continuing social media storm along the lines of ‘That must have looked great in the edit suite, but…’.

So, what went wrong? The short answer is nothing. The longer explanation is spilt into two parts; one of which was under the HBO show’s control, the other which wasn’t.

Creative & technical choices
Fabian Wagner was the cinematographer responsible for shooting the episode. “The showrunners decided that…