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Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)

Directed by Matthew Vaughn•2h 9m•Published Aug 24, 2021•Episode length 2h 41m
Episode 84 - Kingsman: The Secret Service (feat. Interview with Aerial Cinematographer, Norman Kent)
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Overview

The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

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Manners Maketh Man - and nothing proved that as much as our very special guest this week. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Georgia as we venture to qualify from Harry's plucky underdog (more on that later), to full fledged agent in Kingsman: The Secret Service. We are beyond pri…

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Manners Maketh Man - and nothing proved that as much as our very special guest this week.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Georgia as we venture to qualify from Harry's plucky underdog (more on that later), to full fledged agent in Kingsman: The Secret Service.  We are beyond privileged to welcome the aerial cinematographer for this motion picture, Norman Kent (see links below), as he shares stories of his own start in cinematography and skydiving as well as his involvement with Kingsman and what the day of shooting ended up feeling like.   It's Oxfords before Brogues in our 84th episode as we discuss:

  • The pacing of the film and how an A and B plot can be manoeuvred successfully 
  • Why it was so important to set this film in the UK and not in the US
  • We each reveal our respective go-to McDonalds order
  • One of the panel has a real issue with the scene regarding the order to harm a dog
  • Should Harry and the Kingsman have done more to protect Eggsy and his mum in the wake of his father's death while training
  • We have a debate about which scene is iconic
  • Norman Kent joins us and discusses his own start in photography & videography which should be a film in its own right
  • Norman Kent further discusses the logistics of jumping out of an airplane and how the creative process behind a skydiving scene can change on-the-fly if you pardon our pun
  • We ask if Kingsman suffers on repeated viewings due to its reliance on expectation subversion
  • Whether or not Kingsman: The Secret Service is the Best Film Ever

You can catch a large sample of Norman's work on his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/NORMANKENTdotCOM 

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

Timestamps for this episode:

  • Welcome & Banter - 0:00
    Reflections & Corrections - 5:10
    Shoutouts & The Fledgling Fandom - 8:05
    Deep Dive - 22:00
    Interview - 2:05:50
    Endgame - 2:19:50