26.3 planning

26.2 Planning:

·     Both the old and new ‘Fright Night’ have conventional stereotypes portrayed for vampires, these conventions are also portrayed through the iconography used for both movies, however the original ‘Fright Night’ from 1985 follows more vampire 

stereotypes.

·     The original movie features special FX makeup that was much ahead of its time, which could be an arguable reason for its higher ratings received when compared to the reboot from 2011. 

·     The original features the hybrid genre of thriller/teen, however the reboot is the hybrid of comedy/horror.

·     Duration of the reboot is slightly longer.

·     Both have different directors therefore express different perceptions of the ‘Fright Night’ novel.

o   Original film director: 

"Holland was born July 11, 1943 in Poughkeepsie, New York,^[6] to Lee and Tom Holland. he attended Ossining Public High School in Ossining, New York before transferring to Worcester Academy, where he graduated in 1962. After graduating high school, Holland attended Northwestern University for one year before transferring to the University of California, Los Angeles, where he graduated in 1970.^[7]

Holland's directorial debut came in 1985 with the vampire horror film Fright Night. Holland first conceived of the premise during the writing of Cloak & Dagger,^[25] of a horror film fan who learns that his neighbor is a vampire. He chose to direct the film himself after being disappointed with Michael Winner's direction of his screenplay Scream for Help.^[26][27] The film was both financial and critical success, earning a rave review from Roger Ebert^[28] who wrote "Fright Night is not a distinguished movie, but it has a lot of fun being undistinguished." The film spawned a sequel, and a 2011 remake starring Colin Farrell and Anton Yelchin. " (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fright_Night_Part_2)

^{o    Reboot film director:}

Born and raised in Sydney, Gillespie moved to New York City at the age of nineteen^[1] to study illustration, graphic design and advertising at Manhattan's School of Visual Arts."Gillespie started out as an intern at ad agency J. Walter Thompson, New York. He then moved on to D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, BBDO, Deutsch, and Ammirati & Puris, first as an art director, later as a creative director. After eight years working on the agency side he moved into directing in 1995. Based on the strength of his spec reel and agency experience, he gained representation by production company Fahrenheit Films in late 1995.^[4] One year later, he signed with Coppos Films. He has been with MJZ since 2000^[5] and continues to work as a commercial director." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Gillespie)