Gillian Anderson spreads some love for M&S
The British actor takes on the department store’s specially created role of Chief Compliments Officer in a joyful campaign by Mother.
Volvo finds the right words
A woman struggles to reconnect with her father in a touching campaign directed by Adam Berg for the auto brand.
Plenty tackles messy relationships
This amusing musical campaign for the kitchen roll brand will strike a chord with anyone who's partner turns a kitchen into a grime scene.
CoorDown gives us a lesson in history
For World Down Syndrome Day, the nonprofit looks at bizarre practices of the past to show why certain words and behaviours should be left behind.
State Emergency Service of Ukraine shows mines are no game
In collaboration with Ukrainian agency Rockets. Growth R&D, the Ukrainian emergency service integrates an urgent awareness message into a popular video game world.
First things first, says Decathlon
Co-written by its 9-year-old voiceover star, this charming spot from the sporting goods retailer reminds us of the thrill of trying something new.
Young Sherlock's opening evidence
A new opening title sequence for Prime Video's Young Sherlock is a beautifully realised and energetic journey through Sherlock's adventures.
The sound of loss
This new film examines the addictive nature of poker machines and looks to rectify an element of them which fuels that addiction.
Gillian Anderson spreads some love for M&S
The British actor takes on the department store’s specially created role of Chief Compliments Officer in a joyful campaign by Mother.
Volvo finds the right words
A woman struggles to reconnect with her father in a touching campaign directed by Adam Berg for the auto brand.
Plenty tackles messy relationships
This amusing musical campaign for the kitchen roll brand will strike a chord with anyone who's partner turns a kitchen into a grime scene.
CoorDown gives us a lesson in history
For World Down Syndrome Day, the nonprofit looks at bizarre practices of the past to show why certain words and behaviours should be left behind.
State Emergency Service of Ukraine shows mines are no game
In collaboration with Ukrainian agency Rockets. Growth R&D, the Ukrainian emergency service integrates an urgent awareness message into a popular video game world.
First things first, says Decathlon
Co-written by its 9-year-old voiceover star, this charming spot from the sporting goods retailer reminds us of the thrill of trying something new.
Young Sherlock's opening evidence
A new opening title sequence for Prime Video's Young Sherlock is a beautifully realised and energetic journey through Sherlock's adventures.
The sound of loss
This new film examines the addictive nature of poker machines and looks to rectify an element of them which fuels that addiction.
The Craft
Q&As and behind-the-scenes info on the latest and greatest commercials, shorts and music videos.
How Isle of Any and Coinbase made NPCs the MVPs
Oscar Hudson's new film for the brand sees a video game character break free of his shackles and escape into the 'real' world. The twist – the lo-fi visuals and angular textures aren't CG; instead, the MJZ director used impeccable production design and canny lighting to trick us into mistaking physical for digital. Jamie Madge caught up with Hudson and Isle of Any founders Toby Treyer-Evans and Laurie Howell to download the details.
How Riff Raff and Black Kite put a spring in Telstra's step
Kicking off March and April's Movement Focus, VFX Supervisor at Black Kite Studios, Dan Moore, and Riff Raff directors Smith & Foulkes walk us through the whimsical behind-the-scenes details of Telstra's Wherever We Go campaign.
How Waitrose took its love of food to the stars
In The Gastronaut, the supermarket brand showed just how crappy life can be without access to sufficient middle-class morsels. shots caught up with Wonderhood creatives Tad Buxton and India Penny, and SMUGGLER director Tom Speers, to find out how they gave a space station such a quirky atmosphere.
How Michael Hili personified motoring monsters
This campaign, created for Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Authority by McCann NZ, urges drivers to take a speed check and resist the monstrous urges forcing them to drive faster. Wanting to visualise these urges with as much authenticity as possible, director Michael Hili and the FINCH production team set about making a trilogy of fiends purely by hand.
How MANSCAPED is giving the Super Bowl a shorn serenade
In what might be the most snack-unfriendly spot of this year's Big Game, Quality Meats and The Perlorian Brothers are bringing clumps of hair to life to perform a painful plucked power-ballad. shots caught up with the creative team to find out just what makes an offcut croon.
Leah Donnenberg Ramia joins Academy Films as EP
With experience spanning agency producer, line producer, and executive producer roles across short-form content, Donnenberg Ramia brings a comprehensive, holistic approach to production.
OFFF Barcelona announce full lineup and new formats
The world’s leading festival of art, design, and creativity will take place April 16-18 at Disseny Hub. OFFF Barcelona also reinforces its goal of opening the festival to the general public with initiatives such as The Screen and La Plaça Design Market.
Park Village signs director Ryan Patrick
Patrick’s work often combines choreography, movement and bold art direction to create films that feel meticulously designed yet joyfully unpredictable.
Whitehouse Post elevates Taylor Schwartz to Editor
Since joining Whitehouse, Taylor has collaborated with leading agencies and brands including Wieden+Kennedy, Bunner, Bernard Creative and Targetbase.
Bruno Bossi becomes an Outsider
Multi award winning director Bruno Bossi has chosen Outsider to be his very first home in the UK for commercial representation.
Church Edit signs Editor Matt Carter
With the launch of its New York office, global post house Church Edit welcomes Brooklyn-based editor Matt Carter to their growing team.
- Giraffe Sisters direct Site Unseen for Courtney Barnett
- Walkers little slice of joy
- Uber asks Where’s Maura?
- Federer and Mercedes are simply outstanding
- Natalie Portman stars in new Tiffany & Co. campaign
- There’s no place like Lowe’s
- Progressive brings Dr. Rick back again
- Take an Expensive Sh*t with Huggies
- Apple launch new Goalie Masks Made on iPad campaign
- LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER counts Eins, Zwei, Drei
Leah Donnenberg Ramia joins Academy Films as EP
With experience spanning agency producer, line producer, and executive producer roles across short-form content, Donnenberg Ramia brings a comprehensive, holistic approach to production.
OFFF Barcelona announce full lineup and new formats
The world’s leading festival of art, design, and creativity will take place April 16-18 at Disseny Hub. OFFF Barcelona also reinforces its goal of opening the festival to the general public with initiatives such as The Screen and La Plaça Design Market.
Park Village signs director Ryan Patrick
Patrick’s work often combines choreography, movement and bold art direction to create films that feel meticulously designed yet joyfully unpredictable.
Whitehouse Post elevates Taylor Schwartz to Editor
Since joining Whitehouse, Taylor has collaborated with leading agencies and brands including Wieden+Kennedy, Bunner, Bernard Creative and Targetbase.
Bruno Bossi becomes an Outsider
Multi award winning director Bruno Bossi has chosen Outsider to be his very first home in the UK for commercial representation.
Church Edit signs Editor Matt Carter
With the launch of its New York office, global post house Church Edit welcomes Brooklyn-based editor Matt Carter to their growing team.
The Talent
The Way I See It - Kai Hsiung
With ancestors including a turn-of-the-century cross-dressing ventriloquist, an education activist who protested with a severed finger and a film editor dad who literally set the BBC on fire, Kai Hsiung comes from a line of creative individualists. The retiring Global MD of RSA Films shared with Carol Cooper her candid reflections on workaholism, cancer and her 34 glorious years with the Scotts.
shots Unsigned: Breanna Lynn
For this months shots Unsigned interview, we speak with director and producer Breanna Lynn about her film Drive It Like You Stole It. Here she fills us in on making a car commercial with zero funding, juggling director/producer roles, and launching her own production company.
Making the cut with Carlos Font Clos
Whether he’s adding drama to DIY or rhythm to the Rolling Stones, Carlos Font Clos is a master at finding emotion in the edit. The shots Editor of the Year tells Selena Schleh about working in an invisible craft - and why cutting is all about the ‘click’
The Inspiration
On My Radar: Tanya-Noushka Ramsurrun
Tanya-Noushka Ramsurrun, Director's Rep at The Corner Shop, talks massage guns, Mo' Better Blues and Marvin Gaye, as she reveals what's on her creative radar.
Diana Ganea: A Few Of My Favourite Things
UltraSuperNew Art Director Diana Ganea talks us through the doodles, design tools and Daruma that keep her creativity on track.
Peer Review: Parker Foster
Known for his raw, emotionally grounded storytelling, Hummingbird Content Studio director Parker Foster tells us about the importance of honesty, kindness, and comfortable silence on set.
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After Hollywood’s best and brightest collected the last gongs of awards season, Sam Bird, Managing Director of Content and Brand Experience at WPP Media, says it's time for brands to ask how they can place entertainment at the heart of their comms strategies.
The Showcase
Monthly round-ups, technique focusses and entertaining showreels, curated by the shots team.
The Focus
Our monthly digital magazine, bringing you an indispensable look at specific territories, techniques and themes within the advertising industry.