Film research report
The film that I've picked to do my research report on is Ride Along. Essentially I've researched how they made the film and all the pre-production that would have had to have been done before Ride Along 2 was screened.
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Budget and directors
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The sequel to ride along 1 was announced on April 23, 2013 before the first film had even been released. Ride Along 2 had a budget of $40 million. This budget would have come from Universal Pictures along with money made from the successes of the first film. In Ride Along 1 they had a budget of $25 million which would have come from Universal Pictures. The producer of the film was Will Packer and Will Packer Productions
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Casting and script writing
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In terms of casting, Ice Cube and Kevin Hart were the first to be casted after starring in the first film. In July of 2014 they began casting for the film cast. The producers of Ride Along 2 began casting for extras in the background in late August of 2014. On April 23rd 2013, it was confirmed that the script would be written by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi. The main consensus was that they’d somewhat carry one the story from the first film and by February of 2014 the pair had finalised the script.
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Location
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Once casting and script writing had been done, the location was confirmed and filming began in Miami throughout July beginning on the 7th of July 2014. They'd chosen beaches in Miami as the weather was perfect for the scenes that they had story boarded.