Official Red Band Trailer Published on 12 Dec 2014
Premiere: The film's premiere was held in
London on 14 January 2015
Released in cinemas in the UK: 29 January 2015
Released in cinemas in the US: 13 February 2015
Released on DVD/Bluray: Digital HD on 15 May 2015 and on
Blu-ray Disc and DVD on 9 June
Finance
Budget: $94 Million
Box office: $414.4 Million
Exhibition
It was released in 2D and IMAX 3D in select international
territories only, using DMR
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Producers
Matthew Vaughn
David Reid
Adam Bohling
Ad Campaign
The trade paperback collecting the comics miniseries
was released on 14 January 2015.
Vaughn teamed up with luxury retailer Mr Porter to create a 60-piece clothing line
based on the film.
The collaboration is the first of its kind, making Kingsman: The Secret Service the first film
from which customers can buy all of the outfits they see.
The film also includes significant product placement for Adidas Originals
Listed the three most well known actors on the
posters to the exclusion of Taron Egerton.
Attract fans of those actors rather than having an unknown
actor who won't have a large fanbase
Audience
Demographics
Fans of the graphic novel
Fans of the genre
Fans of the actors/actress’
Colin Firth
Samuel L. Jackson
Michael Caine
Link with how Taron Egerton was excluded from name credits in promotional media
Fans of Matthew Vaughn (director)
Media 2.0
Audiences will watch film, make reviews of it, attracting more audiences
Psychographics
Younger working class audiences will relate with a character like Eggsy and want to want it.
British audiences with relate with the characters as they feature british characteristics
Upper middle class audiences will relate with characters like Harry like aspire to be them
and also relate with parts of their character.
Narrative
Narrative: Two-Strand equilibrium narrative
Converge after 2nd halfs
Harry Hart and the Kingsmen
Equilibrium: Agent Lancelot goes on a mission
to rescue Professor Arnold
Disruption: Lancelot is killed
Recognition: Harry and the Kingsmen
look into who did it, whilst finding a
replacement.
Attempt to repair: Harry meets Valentine
and Hart learns of Valentine's connection
to an obscure hate group's church in
Kentucky. He goes to it and is killed by
Valentine.
Eggsy Becoming a Kingsman
New Equilibrium: Eggsy, Roxy
and Merlin stop Valentine from
culling the major of the Earth’s
population.
Action Codes
The Death of Lancelot: Makes the Kingsmen
start investigating and gives Eggsy an
opportunity to join the Kingsmen.
The Dinner with Harry and Valentine:
Leads Harry to the church where he is
killed.
Harry’s Death: Makes
Eggsy go back to the
Kingsman base and
stop Valentine
Genre
Intertextually
Often spoofs the Bond films
Gadgets
Bulletproof umbrella
Watch that fires darts
Pen that contains poison
Characters
The elderly man in charge of the
agency (dispatcher)
Bond: M
Kingsman: Arthur
The tech guy (helper)
Bond: Q
Kingsman: Merlin
The Villian with a convoluted plan
Bond: Blofeld
Kingsman: Richmond Valentine
The Middle aged charming
gentleman spy
Bond: James Bond
Kingsman: Harry Hart
Alcohol
Knowledge and love for complex alcohols
“Martini. Gin, not vodka, obviously. Stirred for 10 seconds
while glancing at an unopened bottle of vermouth. Thank
you.”
Countertype
Protagonists dies at the end of the second act
The villain
Hates gore
Wears a tracksuit and
snapback hat
Speaks with a lisp
Roxanne (the female agent Eggsy is friends
with) doesn’t get with Eggsy at the end
Conventional
Different locations around the world
The Middle East
Snowy area, alps?
London
Kentucky
Iconography
Explosions
Guns
Representation
Female
Gazelle (Sofia Boutella)
Henchwoman
Strong female character
Prosthetic legs
Blades
Is able to kill a Kingsman agent at the beginning
Throughout the rest of the film we are told
how good these agents are.
Countertype to gender stereotypes
Link with Judith Butler
Takes down the Princess of Sweden’s bodyguards
Has no issue with killing
Unlike Valentine
Roxy (Sophie Cookson)
Helper character
Another strong female character
Successfully passes through the
Kingsman training
Becomes a kingsman agent
Doesn’t get with Eggsy at the end
Weakness
Fear of heights
Which she deals with in the climax
Crown Princess Tilde of Sweden (Hanna Alström)
Conventionally attractive
Camera lingers on her behind in the last scene in the film
Male Gaze
Damsel in distress
Need Eggsy to help rescue her.
Michelle Unwin (Samantha Womack)
Eggsy’s mum
Needs to be told to lock
her baby in a bathroom so
she isn’t hurt
Damsel in distress
In post credits scene Eggsy saves her from
Dean and asks her to go live with him.
Weak character
Falls for Dean, a violent character.
Unable to stop him when he is about to
beat Eggsy
Later in the film we find out he beats her.
Male
Harry Hart (Colin Firth)
Kingsman agent
Strong character
Able to take down Dean’s henchmen
Much younger than him
Polite
Cares about etiquette and
manners
“Manners maketh man”
Richmond Valentine
(Samuel L. Jackson)
Countertype
Hates violence
After killing Harry: “That felt f##king awful”
Dresses like a youth
Speaks with a lisp
Dean Baker (Geoff Bell)
Violent
Pins Eggsy to a wall and threatens to kill him
Beats Eggsy’s mum
Age
Harry Hart (Colin Firth)
Middle aged yet active
Is able to beat up a whole gang of 20 year old without any struggle
Kills the majority of the people in the church while under the
influence of Valentine’s SIM card
Wise
Gives Eggsy advice throughout the film
Chester King (Michael Caine)
Old dispatcher character
Seems to be a wise character
Turns out that he has starting working with Valentine
Tries to kill Eggsy
Gets tricked by him when he tries to
poison him
Richmond Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson)
Man in his 60s
However acts as a person much younger
Dresses like Eggsy
Countertype to age stereotype
Weak
Hates the site of blood
Class
Upper Class
Shown as the richer people
Setting and colour - Upper class areas in the film are
vibrant and quite regal looking, historical type
building.
The Kingsman
All upper class
Live in a mansion
Speak very posh, polite. They often state that “Manner Maketh the Man”. All
of the Upper Class characters are in Kingsman. They know a lot about
drinks, clothing and manners.
Harry, Arthur and Lancelot
Wears expensive suits
These characters could be seen a facade. When Eggsy kills Arthur just before
he dies he starts to speak in a working class cockney accent and also when
Eggsy becomes a member of Kingsman and puts on the suit, he acts in a more
upper class way.
Lower Class
Shown as being the
poorer people.
Overall shown as immature and more unintelligent group of
people
Setting and colour - Working class areas in the film are dull
and gloomy looking, council flats
Eggsy
Uses slang, swears.
Wear hoodies, snapback hats
and tracksuits
First scene we see of the main
character Eggsy he’s stealing a
car and going on a joyride
Michelle Unwin
Before father’s death Eggsy’s home appeared to
be fairly middle class
Mother dressed and spoke in a middle
class way
17 years later, mother now dressing and
speaks in a working class way.