Camera and Lighting - How and Why lighting affects camera techniques for moving image

Lighting is important in video and film production because cameras do not respond to lights in the same way that the human eye does. The finite detail and lighting contrasts a human eye can see are incredibly developed, and cameras cannot process or pick up on this as well. Additional lighting is necessary to make the definition of a video or film’s definition of a comparable quality to what the human eye sees naturally. The correct lighting can determine the mood of the scene and can evoke a more dramatic or subtle palette for the film. If you are perhaps new to video and film production, the first learning curve is understanding why lighting within production is so key. Regardless of content, any video created, filmed, shared and watched will have had an element of thought and design behind the lighting. The more advanced the video and film production, the more advanced the lighting behind it.

This video essay I found on Film Lighting Tutorials states that there are 2 main types of lighting soft light and Hard light, using either of the two can drastically change the mood of the scene and the shape of a subject. With hard light it gives shadows a definitive or 'hard' edge. And is created by a single source of light

whereas a Soft light is created by a broad light source or by using a diffuser on multiple or single hard light sources and gives a soft shadow effect.

Bibliography:
Marine, J. (2013) Basic lighting lesson: Understanding hard light and soft light. Available at: http://nofilmschool.com/2013/03/basic-lighting-lesson-hard-soft-light (Accessed: 16 September 2019).
In-line Citation:(Marine, 2013)
Video -
Zacuto (2013) Film Lighting Tutorial: Qualities of Light . Available at : https://vimeo.com/57890592 (accessed:16 September 2019)(http://digicult.it/digimag/importance-lighting-video-film-production/)
IMAGES - screens hotted from video above.