Editing The Ring (2002 film) (section)

== Production ==
=== Development and casting ===
''The Ring'' went into production without a completed [[Screenplay|script]].<ref name=iwgv>{{cite web|url=http://www.curseofthering.com/gore.php|title=Interview with Gore Verbinski|date=2002|publisher=curseofthering.com|access-date=March 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302113145/http://www.curseofthering.com/gore.php|archive-date=March 2, 2017}}</ref> [[Ehren Kruger]] wrote three drafts of the screenplay before [[Scott Frank]] came on to do an uncredited re-write. [[Gore Verbinski]] was initially inspired to do a [[remake]] of ''[[Ring (film)|Ring]]'' after [[Walter F. Parkes]] sent him a VHS copy of the [[Japanese horror|Japanese film]], which he described as "intriguing", "pulp" and "[[avant-garde]]".
The original WGA-approved credits listed Hiroshi Takahashi (writer of the original 1998 screenplay for ''Ring'') but his name is absent from the final print.

Several high-profile actresses were offered the [[lead role]], including [[Gwyneth Paltrow]], [[Jennifer Connelly]] and [[Kate Beckinsale]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ascher-Walsh |first=Rebecca |date=2002-11-01 |title=How Naomi Watts became the ''Ring'' leader |url=https://ew.com/article/2002/11/01/how-naomi-watts-became-ring-leader/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en |archive-date=August 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825234837/https://ew.com/article/2002/11/01/how-naomi-watts-became-ring-leader/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Verbinski admitted to not wanting to cast "[[Movie star|big stars]]" as he wanted his film to be "discovered" and described the wave of harsh criticism from hardcore fans of the original Japanese film as "inevitable", although he expressed desire for them to find the remake equally compelling. He also sought to retain the minimalism prevalent throughout ''Ring'' and set it in Seattle, due to its "wet and isolated" atmosphere.<ref name=iwgv/>

=== Filming ===
[[File:Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area (9314505885).jpg|thumb|The [[Yaquina Head Light]]house on the [[Oregon Coast]] was used as the setting for the "Moesko Island Lighthouse".]]
''The Ring'' was [[Principal photography|filmed]] in 2001, primarily in the [[Washington (state)|State of Washington]] in numerous locations, including Seattle, [[Port Townsend, Washington|Port Townsend]], [[Whidbey Island]], [[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham]], [[Monroe, Washington|Monroe]] and [[Stanwood, Washington|Stanwood]].<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Curbed]]|url=https://seattle.curbed.com/maps/the-ring-horror-filming-locations-seattle|title=Relive 'The Ring' in these spooky Seattle-area locations|last=Lloyd|first=Sarah Anne|date=October 14, 2019|url-status=live|archive-date=May 24, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220524014608/https://seattle.curbed.com/maps/the-ring-horror-filming-locations-seattle|access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref> The [[Yaquina Head Light]]house in [[Newport, Oregon|Newport]], [[Oregon]], was also used as a filming location,<ref>{{cite web|work=[[/Film]]|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/718535/the-haunted-history-of-the-lighthouse-from-the-ring/|title=The Haunted History Of The Lighthouse From The Ring|date=December 28, 2021|last=Seibold|first=Witney|url-status=live|archive-date=May 24, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220524014215/https://www.slashfilm.com/617104/the-best-japanese-horror-movies-of-all-time/|access-date=May 24, 2022}}</ref> as well as Oregon's [[Columbia River Gorge]].

[[Chris Cooper]] played a murderer in two scenes meant to bookend the film, but was ultimately cut.<ref name="MFloss">{{Cite web |last=Cormier |first=Roger |date=2017-10-18 |title=15 Must-Watch Facts About The Ring |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/70025/15-must-watch-facts-about-ring |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=[[Mental Floss]] |archive-date=August 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808103257/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/70025/15-must-watch-facts-about-ring |url-status=live }}</ref>

The film's cinematography by [[Bojan Bazelli]] is noted for its soft lighting and grey blue-green color. Shot on [[film stock|film]], the production is unusual for achieving its [[color correction]] in-camera using 81EF and one of two green filters,{{efn|The source writes '85EFs' here, which do not exist; a likely typo. The green filters are specified as +14 and +7 points of green printer lights}}<ref name="AmCine">{{cite web |author=Holben, Jay (November 2002) |title=Death Watch |url=https://theasc.com/american-cinematographer/current-issue?minYear=2002&maxYear=2002&minMonth=11&maxMonth=11#archive |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213014107/https://theasc.com/american-cinematographer/current-issue?minYear=2002&maxYear=2002&minMonth=11&maxMonth=11#archive |archive-date=February 13, 2024 |access-date=12 February 2024 |publisher=American Cinematographer Vol. 83 No. 11 P. 50-59}}{{subscription required}}</ref> thereby committing to the film's visual style early, rather than relying on digital [[colour grading|grading]] during post-production. The soft lighting was achieved by "diffusing the fill sources enough to match [the natural lighting]"<ref name="AmCine" /> through the use of up to three layers of shades, [[Hydrargyrum medium-arc iodide lamp|HMIs]] and CTB,{{efn|"C.T.B. stands for Color Temperature Blue. This is an abbreviation for the color correction gels used in lighting to convert the color temperature from tungsten to daylight. They come in gradients: Quarter Blue, Half Blue, Full Blue."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.filmconnection.com/glossary-film-terms/c-t-b/ |title=Film School for Filmmakers, Producers, and Screenwriters |date=February 24, 2023 |access-date=February 12, 2024 |archive-date=February 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212223547/https://www.filmconnection.com/glossary-film-terms/c-t-b/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}} and set up to create as little shadow as possible to "subconsciously alter the viewer's sense of perception and add a heightened sense of ambiguity."<ref name="pn">{{cite web |title=Ring, The: Production Notes |url=https://www.cinema.com/articles/1437/ring-the-production-notes.phtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212223547/https://www.cinema.com/articles/1437/ring-the-production-notes.phtml |archive-date=February 12, 2024 |access-date=12 February 2024 |publisher=www.cinema.com |quote=Bazelli expounds, "In lighting the sets and the actors, we tried to eliminate all the shadows cast by the actors, which is meant to subconsciously alter the viewer's sense of perception and add a heightened sense of ambiguity."}}</ref>

=== Title ===
As with the original Japanese film ''Ring'', the title of ''The Ring'' can be interpreted as referring to the [[telephone]] call which warns those who watched the cursed tape that they will die in seven days,<ref>{{cite book|last=Sherman|first=Dale|date=2013|title=Armageddon Films FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Zombies, Contagions, Aliens and the End of the World as We Know It!|publisher=[[Applause Books]]|isbn=978-1617131196|quote=The story goes that seven days after viewing the tape, those who watch will receive a phone call (hence the first interpretation of 'the ring') [...]}}</ref> as well as to the view of the ring of light seen from the bottom of the well where Samara was left to die.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Silverblatt|first1=Art|last2=Zlobin|first2=Nikolai|date=2004|title=International Communications: A Media Literacy Approach|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-0765609748}}</ref>