The YouTube video on the different types of daylight:
(How to Film in Daylight | 4 Cinematic Looks, 2018)
What I looked at for my developmental research for my music video that I am creating for my FMP this year was the ways in which you can use daylight differently when filming in order to create different effects with each style of lighting that they demonstrate in the video (How to Film in Daylight | 4 Cinematic Looks, 2018). For example, there is "Hollywood Light" daylight, very much a hard light which is used to create a feeling of happiness and an image with precise shadows visible due to it being filmed with the intent of achieving a nice hairlight with a crispness because of attention to detail in the shadows. This can be done by using a bounce board or another frame of diffusion as a second source in order to soften the light on their faces and bodies. Then, there is "Harsh Daylight" which replicates what real daylight looks like on a clear and sunny day and it is a very harsh light creating eye shadows on the face/s of the subject/s. This type of lighting has a high contrast ratio on the highlights of the subject to the shadows on them and it is usually used to emphasise negative emotions and to create a very natural and realistic look.
There is not anything in particular that you need to do in order to do this yourself as in most places the sun shining down how it does anyway at midday will provide the lighting required but if the sun is obstructed while filming then the type of daylight can be created by using a technique called negative fill that any kind of solid can be used for to block out some of the reflected light from the sun to darken the shadows for a darker look. The third type of lighting is "Orange Daylight" which is most commonly used when portraying daylight as the colour orange is the best colour to represent heat and the high temperature of the setting the characters are in but it can also emphasise the warmth of a situation that is happening on screen. This look can be recreated through changing the white balance on a camera to a cooler temperature (around 7000 Kelvin) as it will naturally warm up the colour of the daylight on camera as daylight usually comes in at around 5500 Kelvin. However, if in a studio tungsten lights can be used to create the same effect also. The final type of lighting is "Gray Daylight" which is when cloud coverage or rain make a shot look a lot softer and if the cloud coverage is intense enough there will be no shadows visible whatsoever.
(Example of a Kelvin Temperature Chart, n.d.)
Although there is no definitive effect that it has visually, the way it can be created is by either natural cloud coverage or by hanging a form of diffusion above what is being filmed so that everything that is in all the shots you are filming is covered and has a softer feel to it so you are able to create the atmosphere that you are trying to make with daylight in what you are creating. This is helpful to me because in my music video I am going to try and incorporate "Gray Daylight" in to the shots filmed at Market Street (the town centre) and "Orange Daylight" in to the shots filmed at Chapel Lane (the grass field) in order to capture the pure beauty of the field that contrasts with the grittiness and sadness that is being expressed in the town centre making for quite a unique final piece full of many aspects driven by various different emotions throughout.
(How to Film in Daylight | 4 Cinematic Looks, 2018)
Bibliography
YouTube. 2018. How To Film In Daylight | 4 Cinematic Looks. [online] Available at: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glec0wpRIDc> [Accessed 15 April 2020].
n.d. Example Of A Kelvin Temperature Chart. [image] Available at: <https://www.hidlighting.com.au/images/hid-bulb-colour-temperature-chart.jpg> [Accessed 16 April 2020].
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