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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.

31st Jan 2025 Work
Squarespace’s latest celebrity ASSet

Squarespace’s latest celebrity ASSet

Teasing its much anticipated Super Bowl ad, the website building brand releases a sweet film starring Barry Keoghan and Don the donkey channelling a Banshees of Inisherin flavour.

31st Jan 2025 Work
Whiskas whips up a purrfect world

Whiskas whips up a purrfect world

The cat food brand’s new campaign depicts furry friends feline so happy with their mealtime experiences that they’re transported to fantastical environments.

30th Jan 2025 Work
Zen and the art of skateboarding

Zen and the art of skateboarding

Shanghai skate brand AVENUE & SON launches an absorbing documentary exploring skateboarding as a way of connecting with one’s soul and the souls of others.

30th Jan 2025 Craft
How Coldplay's video is a window on the world(s)

How Coldplay's video is a window on the world(s)

Blinkink's Isabel Garrett shares the incredible feat of bringing 27 other filmmakers and artists together – in a mere four weeks – to create a patchwork planet in film: a montage musing on the variety of life through a multiplicity of POVs from around the globe.

29th Jan 2025 Work
CALM’s heartbreaking ode to Evelyn

CALM’s heartbreaking ode to Evelyn

The suicide prevention charity, Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) launches the second phase of its Missed Birthdays campaign, with a tragic true story.

27th Jan 2025 Work
Kawai’s chords in the key of life

Kawai’s chords in the key of life

This charming campaign for the piano manufacturer features three real pianists at different stages of their musical journeys.

24th Jan 2025 Work
A. Kjærbede + Globe Studios: manifestly fashionable

A. Kjærbede + Globe Studios: manifestly fashionable

The fashion brands promote their limited-edition collaboration with an evidently cool film helmed by Cuban/Danish director Sebastian Lopez through FERN.

24th Jan 2025 Work
Monday.com’s fleece de resistance

Monday.com’s fleece de resistance

Knucklehead’s Rob Leggatt directs a droll campaign for the online workflow platform featuring some unusual brand llamba-ssadors.

23rd Jan 2025 Work
Nike's at your service

Nike's at your service

W+K Amsterdam's campaign showcases the considerable clout of world No. 1 tennis player Aryna Sabalenka's serve in this classy spot for the sportswear giant.

22nd Jan 2025 Work
Coldplay’s warm feelings

Coldplay’s warm feelings

The UK pop giants’ track ALiEN HiTS/ALiEN RADiO gets a sublimely gorgeous promo that tells a story of love and belonging, directed by Isabel Garrett through Blinkink with a global team of 27 filmmakers and artists.

21st Jan 2025 Work
Architects of their own destruction

Architects of their own destruction

British metalcore heavyweights Architects unleash their new single Blackhole with a blistering, cinematic promo.

20th Jan 2025 Work
Barnardos' not so happy birthday

Barnardos' not so happy birthday

This poignant film for the childrenʼs charity visualises the heartbreaking reality of a boy whose dreams of joyous birthdays bely the truth of his deprived situation.

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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