Kingsman: The secret service - Fight scene
The Kingsman movie is a graphic novel directed by Matthew Vaughn and has the conventions of a spy film as well as comic senses. The pub fight scene is a good example of what the Kingsman film as a whole is about and why it is a good post modern film.
The orchestral suspense background music which interacts with the actions of the characters illustrates that this is a convention of a spy film. The action violence also backs this statement up of a spy film very well as well as the film having comic book senses due to the slow motion parts which would typically appear in 'Marvel' comic book inspired films.
The slow motion parts in the pub also show that the Kingsman character 'Harry' having 'Matrix' style moves which shows that the director has been inspired by features of the Matrix film. The setting of the pub overall looks like the typical Eastenders setting in London.
The strong use of violent punching sounds, smashing props and fictional props (including the bulletproof umbrella) also links to the comic book senses of the film including the fast paced editing which shows the rapid pace of the fight which is very effective.
What Robert and myself have noticed throughout the Kingsman film is that there are many shots that show the shallow depth of field.
We want to include many shots like this to achieve a film look , if we just used a flat image , our film would look similar to a documentary.
