White Balance Task

For this task, I investigated the effect that white balance had on the colours filmed by the camera. After finding out what white balance is, I filmed Beth eight times in a medium long shot in two different locations, using the four different options for white balance on the camera that I was using; automatic white balance, daylight, tungsten and custom white balance.

These are the conclusions that I made for each clip:

Inside- Automatic White Balance

The clip that I filmed inside whilst using automatic white balance seemed a little less colourful. The white seemed fairly accurate to what I was seeing in real life. I think that this was helped by the fact that I was filming Beth where she was stood directly underneath a light.

Inside- Daylight

When I switched to this white balance, the difference was very noticeable- the colours in the frame immediately took a warmer tone. The white looks more cream when using this setting.

Inside- Tungsten

There was once again a large difference in colour when switching to this setting. The colour palette changed from warm to cool. The white looked the most white out of all the settings so far, yet has turned slightly blue. The rest of the colours also follow a blue/ cold toned colour scheme.

Inside- Custom White Balance

This first appeared similar to the automatic white balance setting. However, upon looking back and comparing the two clips, the white in the custom setting appears more yellow/cream than the white in the automatic and the other colours are slightly brighter.

Outside- Automatic White Balance

This setting made the white walls appear quite bright. This portrayed the scene quite well because the weather was overcast and cloudy, and the colours reflected this, as they appear quite greyish and cold.

Outside- Daylight

The colours appeared slightly warmer, and made it look as if the weather itself was a bit brighter than it actually was. The surroundings look somewhat lighter than the automatic setting, which helps to show a greater amount of detail.

Outside- Tungsten

Compared to the tungsten setting indoors, the white looks even more blueish in the outdoors clip. All of the colours in the frame take a blue tone, and don't look true to real life.

Outside- Custom White Balance

Once again, I thought this looked similar to the automatic setting. Upon reviewing, I realised that the custom setting made the colours appear darker than the automatic. The automatic setting colours look more faded, and so I think that the custom white balance setting made the colours in the frame look the closest to what I could see from real life.