Yeah Right!
DVD cover
Directed byTy Evans
Spike Jonze
Produced byMegan Baltimore
CinematographyTy Evans
Tom Lohmann
Edited byTy Evans
Music bySam Spiegel
Distributed byGirl Films
Release date
  • April 17, 2003 (2003-04-17)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Yeah Right! is a 2003 skateboarding video by Girl Skateboards (featuring Chocolate Skateboards), directed by Ty Evans and Spike Jonze. Yeah Right! is notable for its soundtrack, length, and the extensive use of never-before-seen (in a skateboarding video) special effects. In his book Skateboard Video, Duncan McDuie-Ra considers Yeah Right! one of the four "finalists" of the skateboard video canon.[1]

Summary

A short prologue pays tribute to skater Keenan Milton, who died in 2001. Milton was part of Chocolate Skateboards team, a subset of Girl Skateboards.

The introduction credits for the video feature a unique series of shots in ultra-slow motion, filmed with Jonze's personal camera that is capable of shooting 100 frames per second. The camera is low to the ground and very close to the skateboarder as various flip tricks are completed.

Although Yeah Right features mainly skateboarding, there are many special effects used. There are several different scenes in between skaters' parts which make use of green screen technology like the "invisible skateboards" bit and other camera effects such as the "magic board" and the "Skatetrix" bits.[2]

A cameo is made by Owen Wilson. He is in a parking lot with Rick Howard, Eric Koston and Mike Carroll preparing to perform a trick on a handrail. By framing the camera very carefully, it appears that Wilson attempts a backside bluntslide. However, while the camera was facing the opposite direction for a moment, Wilson had slipped out of the frame and is replaced by Eric Koston who is wearing a wig and matching clothes. Koston performs the trick down the staircase and Wilson reappears in the shot after Koston lands to make it look like he completed the trick.[3]

Cast

Yeah Right! features the Girl Skateboards team, along with Chocolate Skateboards.

(in order of appearance)

References

  1. ^ McDuie-Ra, Duncan (September 20, 2021). Skateboard Video: Archiving the City from Below. Springer Nature. p. 35. ISBN 978-981-16-5699-6.
  2. ^ Borden, Iain (February 21, 2019). Skateboarding and the City: A Complete History. Bloomsbury. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-1-4725-8348-2.
  3. ^ Russell, Calum (November 5, 2021). "The skateboarding film Spike Jonze made with Owen Wilson". Far Out. Retrieved 2022-10-13.

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Films directed by Spike Jonze
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