Editing Jaws 2 (section)

===Location===
[[Martha's Vineyard]] was again used as the location for the town scenes and [[Emerald Coast]] was included on this film.<ref>{{cite news |last=Allen |first=Betty Archer |title=GB teens helped keep 'Jaws 2' water scenes moving |url=https://news.gulfbreezenews.com/articles/gb-teens-helped-keep-jaws-2-water-scenes-moving/ |date=August 21, 2008 |access-date=January 17, 2018 |newspaper=Gulf Breeze News}}</ref> Although some residents guarded their privacy, many islanders welcomed the money that the company was bringing.<ref name="Ref_k">{{harvnb|Loynd|1978|pp=60–2}}</ref> Shortly after the production arrived in June 1977, local newspaper the ''Grapevine'' wrote:

{{blockquote|The ''Jaws'' people are back among us, more efficient, more organized and more moneyed. Gone are the happy-go-lucky days of the first ''Jaws'', where the big trucks roved about the Island from day to day, always highly visible with miles of cables snaking here and there over roads and lawns. Gone are the acrimonious wrangles and Select persons over noise and zoning regulations and this and that. What is still here is money—about $2&nbsp;million of it.<ref name="Ref_l">{{harvnb|Loynd|1978|p=62}}</ref>}}

Many residents enjoyed being cast as extras. Some people, however, were less pleased by the film crew's presence and refused to cooperate. Only one drugstore allowed its windows to be boarded up for the moody look that Hancock wanted. "Universal Go Home" T-shirts began appearing on the streets in mid-June 1977.<ref name="Ref_m">{{harvnb|Loynd|1978|p=64}}</ref>

[[File:Navarre Beach Florida sand.jpg|thumb|right|The majority of filming was at [[Navarre Beach, Florida|Navarre Beach]] in [[Florida]]]]
When Szwarc took over, the majority of the film was shot at [[Navarre Beach, Florida|Navarre Beach]] in [[Florida]], because the weather was warm and the water was deep enough for the shark platform. The company was at this location from August 1 until December 22, 1977.<ref name="makingof"/> The production "was a boost to the local economy because local boaters, extras and stand-ins or doubles were hired. Universal brought in actors, directors, producers and their wives, camera and crew people who needed housing, food and clothing for the movie. Services were needed for laundry, dry-cleaning and recreation." Navarre's Holiday Inn "Holidome" was used as the film's headquarters, with the ground floor converted into production offices, and some of the Gulf-front suites remodeled for David Brown and Roy Scheider. Universal rented 100 of the hotel's 200 rooms, spending $1 million. The Holiday Inn was destroyed in the [[2004 Atlantic hurricane season]].<ref name="gbn1">{{Citation |first=Betty Archer |last=Allen |work=Gulf Breeze News |title=30 years later, Gulf Breeze still recalls 'Jaws 2' excitement |url=http://www.gulfbreezenews.com/news/2008/0807/Front_Page/002.html |date=August 7, 2008 |access-date=2009-09-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080825010823/http://www.gulfbreezenews.com/news/2008/0807/Front_Page/002.html |archive-date=August 25, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Boats and parts for their maintenance were purchased from local businesses. One proprietor said that he sold "Universal approximately $400,000 worth of boats and equipment".<ref name="gbn4">{{Citation |first=Betty Archer |last=Allen |work=Gulf Breeze News |title=Fade to black: Alas, 'Jaws 2' comes to an end |url=http://www.gulfbreezenews.com/news/2008/0828/front_page/004.html |date=August 28, 2008 |access-date=2009-09-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125093715/http://www.gulfbreezenews.com/news/2008/0828/front_page/004.html |archive-date=January 25, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

On one occasion, the Cable Junction Island set, which was built on a barge, broke loose from its anchorage and had to be rescued. Szwarc was contacted one night and told that his island was drifting towards [[Cuba]].<ref name="makingof"/> Real [[hammerhead shark]]s circled the teen actors during the filming of one shot. Because the characters they were playing were meant to be in distress, the crew (filming from a distance) did not realize that the actors were genuinely calling for help.<ref name="Ref_n">Gilpin, Marc [http://www.sharkisstillworking.com/video/viewer.asp?v=gilpin.mov interviewed] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926022047/http://www.sharkisstillworking.com/video/viewer.asp?v=gilpin.mov |date=September 26, 2007 }} for ''[[The Shark is Still Working]]'' documentary. Retrieved 7 January 2007.</ref>

The interior shots of the teen hang-out where they play [[pinball]] were filmed in the original location of the Hog's Breath Saloon on [[Okaloosa Island]]. This restaurant later relocated to [[Destin, Florida]] as its original building was susceptible to hurricane damage.<ref name="gbn1"/> The production company had to seek dredge and fill permits from [[Florida]]'s Department of Environmental Regulation to sink the revised platform that controlled the shark on the sea bottom.

Principal photography ended three days before Christmas 1977, on the [[Choctawhatchee Bay]], near Destin, Florida.<ref name="kach78"/> The actors had to put ice cubes in their mouths to prevent their breath showing on camera. The final sequence to be filmed was the shark being electrocuted on the cable.<ref name="makingof"/> In mid-January, the crew reconvened in Hollywood with some of the teenage actors for five weeks of post-production photography.<ref name="kach78"/>

''Jaws 2'' cost $30 million to produce, over three times more than the original. David Brown says that they did not budget the film "because Universal would never have given a green light to a $30 million budget in those days."<ref name="Priggé8"/> The Marine Division Head for Universal on location, Philip Kingry, says that "It cost approximately $80,000 per day to make that movie." When Kingry asked Brown what his budget was, the producer responded, "We're not wasteful, but we're spending the profit from ''Jaws'', and it will take what it takes."<ref name="gbn4"/>