Start a new blog post and call it: Research into Recording Ambient Sounds and Dialogue
Write a well thought out, researched and developed to the following questions. The only way you can do this is by scrolling to the bottom of this blog post and make notes while reading the articles and watching the clips. So a) look at the questions and have an idea what you should be looking for, b) look at the links and make notes c) write your responses.
Please make you blogs look pretty so use images and embed videos (particularly the ones you might refer to). And please look at other sources than the ones provided.
1) Recording Ambient sounds
Write up your understanding of the importance of ambient sounds, the various techniques of how ambient sounds are recorded and list of tips you can take into your own practise.
Your answers must include
What is ambient sound recording.
Reference to specific examples.
Why 'hard cuts' are ill advised for ambient sound mixing.
The advantage of recording on location and not relying on sound library.
A mention to the software used for Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
2) Recording Dialogue
Write up your understanding of the difficulty of recording dialogue and list of tips you can take into your own practise.
Your answers must include
Reference to specific examples.
What is looping?
How ambient noise is important when shooting conversation scenes.
Why is location shooting difficult for shooting dialogue and how can it be overcome.
Interview with Director Francis Lawerence and Jeremy Peirson (Re-recording Mixer, Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor) of Hunger Games: Catching Fire
http://www.askaudiomag.com/articles/tips-recoding-sound-location
http://library.creativecow.net/cowdog/ADR/1