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Carol Cooper

Carol Cooper

Features Editor

Carol has been writing for shots for over 11 years and, in the role of Features Editor, adds to her workload of articles and profiles with regular Work postings.

8th Dec 2023 Work
Winter Swim’s cold realities

Winter Swim’s cold realities

This emotionally-charged video for Winter Swim's new track Late For Love reveals the harsh choices a mother must make to provide for her child.

7th Dec 2023 Work
Santa does self-care for Aldi

Santa does self-care for Aldi

The supermarket chain’s charming spot sees the big man take time off to do his own thing on Christmas Eve.

6th Dec 2023 Work
It’s matter of time for ADP

It’s matter of time for ADP

Emmy Award winner Wayne McClammy directs a droll TVC for the HR solutions brand that posits the idea of a 25-hour day.

6th Dec 2023 Work
Modivo’s everyday beauty

Modivo’s everyday beauty

The online fashion retailer’s trilogy of meditative films explores a deeper type of allure through portrayals of real women in Central and Eastern Europe.

6th Dec 2023 Work
Queensland Health’s burning issue

Queensland Health’s burning issue

This amusing campaign for the Australian health authority warns of the dangers of sun exposure via the medium of horror film clips.

5th Dec 2023 Work
Reach for the STAR Channel

Reach for the STAR Channel

As part of the rebranding of Fox TV across the EMEA market, The Walt Disney Company’s STAR network releases a beautifully lit film announcing a “brilliant change.”

1st Dec 2023 Work
Lionel walks the line for YPF

Lionel walks the line for YPF

The Argentinian oil and gas company celebrates Lionel Messi’s contribution to football with an epic spot that sees the footballer take a touch line tour of the country.

1st Dec 2023 Work
Relatively difficult

Relatively difficult

Cypriot telecoms brand Epic releases a comic spot that depicts one of the dubious ‘joys’ of the festive period – spending time with relatives.

1st Dec 2023 Talent
The Way I See It: Luke Scott

The Way I See It: Luke Scott

From a boy on the set of his dad’s film, Alien, Luke Scott, award-winning director and the CEO of the Ridley Scott Creative Group, has gone on to gain his own valuable perspectives on filmmaking. His two-decade career has encompassed art directing, set building and directing TV (Raised By Wolves), features, ads and viral content for Prometheus and Blade Runner 2049. He shares his views on panopticons, prime ministers and the folly of space travel.

30th Nov 2023 Work
(Body) build it and they will come

(Body) build it and they will come

This stylish spot for DRUMSHEDS – Broadwick Live’s new supersized music and arts venue in London – draws a bold, oblique comparison between the quest for heft and the hugeness of the 608,000-square-foot space.

30th Nov 2023 Work
Haste doesn't meanz Heinz

Haste doesn't meanz Heinz

The world’s first ever Ketchup Grand Prix launches with Heinz Arabia and agency FP7 McCann’s comic collaboration to align speed trials of the sluggish sauce with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

29th Nov 2023 Work
Trainline’s travels of the mind

Trainline’s travels of the mind

The rail booking service releases a whimsical campaign that extols the virtues of allowing your mind and body to wander.

Carol Cooper

Carol Cooper
Features Editor

For 11 storm-tossed years now, Carol’s been lurking in the hold of the great ship shots, churning out in-depth features, country profiles and interviews with such heroes as Frank Budgen and David Droga.

Variously known as shots’ sub-editor, contributing editor and ma’am, Carol helps produce shots magazine, curates and posts loveliness to shots.net, generally swabs the decks and has been known spend up to 12 hours tussling with one single marine metaphor.

Prior to, and alongside, shots, she has worked for a staggering variety of consumer titles, writing stuff ranging from e-sports analysis for Broadcast, to saucy nonsense for Nuts. 

Carol is also a playwright and loves shots more than words can wield the matter.

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