'GOT' cinematographer defends 'dark' Battle of Winterfell scenes

London: Fabian Wagner, the man behind the lens for the third episode of 'Game of Thrones', has explained the much-criticised dimly-lit cinematography of 'The Long Night', which focused on the Battle of Winterfell.

The chapter was billed to have the most action and bloodshed after two consecutive slogging, build-up episodes, now that the White Walkers and wights were a stone's throw away from the gates of the northern stronghold and it was every bit that.

But after the episode aired, many fans complained that they could not see anything due to abysmally low lighting during the majority of battle sequences.

In an interview with Wired UK, Wagner defended the episode and instead blamed the settings of the viewers' TV sets.

"A lot of the problem is that a lot of people don't know how to tune their TVs properly. A lot of people also unfortunately watch it on small iPads, which in no way can do justice to a show like that anyway..."

"If you watch a night scene in a brightly lit room then that won't help you see the image properly," he said.