Bork Björnsson usually isn’t one for dancing. One of the more “stoic” types, he typically doesn’t become animated or let his outgoing and goofy side show unless he is familiar with those around him. Only his teammates in the Yellowknife Wraith’s locker room have ever really seen his outgoing side.
When he arrived at the NSFLN studio to film the music video for the primetime games, Bork wasn’t able to follow anny of the directions barked at him by the director. “Toss the ball back and forth between your hands!” “Jump up and down like your excited!” “Can’t you just… cross your arms and look intimidate?” All of these seemingly basic commands Bork was unable to follow to the director’s liking. Growing slightly flustered, Bork told the director “I’m a football player, not an actor!”
Finally, the director had an idea. You know those intense close ups where the player is in their helmet and the camera zoom is so close to their face that it’s a little uncomfortable and they’re just staring at the camera with their head tilted slightly downwards so they look a little intimating? That’s what he had Bork do. The entire shot shows up in the music video for about half a second. That’s it. Just a half a second shot of an extreme close up of a helmet-wearing Bork.
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When he arrived at the NSFLN studio to film the music video for the primetime games, Bork wasn’t able to follow anny of the directions barked at him by the director. “Toss the ball back and forth between your hands!” “Jump up and down like your excited!” “Can’t you just… cross your arms and look intimidate?” All of these seemingly basic commands Bork was unable to follow to the director’s liking. Growing slightly flustered, Bork told the director “I’m a football player, not an actor!”
Finally, the director had an idea. You know those intense close ups where the player is in their helmet and the camera zoom is so close to their face that it’s a little uncomfortable and they’re just staring at the camera with their head tilted slightly downwards so they look a little intimating? That’s what he had Bork do. The entire shot shows up in the music video for about half a second. That’s it. Just a half a second shot of an extreme close up of a helmet-wearing Bork.
(225 words)