“No Comply” is the story of a ’90s skateboard trick that found new life, thanks to a crew of unique individuals who inspired each other to share new variations of it on Instagram. Set to the mesmerizing cadence of LAAKE’s “Come,” the film is a two-minute joyride of skateboarding’s quirkiest trick, told from the perspective of the real skaters responsible for the No Comply resurgence on Instagram. Following a candid, unfiltered narrative style, the script subverts the traditional voiceover format, piecing together individual lines from each skater to create a cohesive story.

The film is an entrancing two-minute journey of skateboard trickery. To highlight the No Comply linear progression, the editor utilized seamless match cuts and an inventive approach to showcasing Instagram’s User Interface. Ultimately this creates a visceral whirlwind of a film which was tied together by carving out a narrative thread created from interviews with each of the characters, adding context to this ever evolving trick. Watching the same trick again and again should be repetitive, but they make it exhilarating and mesmerizing.