Carol Cooper
Contributing Editor
Carol has been writing for shots for 11 years and, in the role of Contributing Editor, adds to her workload of freelance articles and profiles with regular Work postings.
Minimal makes a mini-me
Nice Lena & Friends finds the answer to the monotony of isolation.
Burning love
This exquisite video for Luca Wilding’s track Heartachers tells the story of a pyrotechnician with a fatal passion for fire.
Drag star day trip with a difference
British Vogue launches uplifting film as part of its Pride 2020 video series.
The golden age of online shopping
Swedish fintech pioneer Klarna launches absurdist retro films directed by Andreas Nilsson.
A New York state of mind
Biscuit directing team Joaquin & Lalou create a potty-mouthed homage to a city in lockdown.
MediaMonks' perfect fit
This video for Gamper & Dadoni’s track Perfect (For Somebody Else) has been prepped for multi-platform use with a variety of iterations and two directors.
Home truths
LGBT Foundation marks Pride Month with the sobering facts about domestic abuse.
Facts that speak for themselves
UNESCO campaign uses startling pre- and post-pandemic realities to urge us to redefine normality.
Ball of Confusion roles around again
Experiential agency Bankrobber supports Black Lives Matter with a new video for the Temptations’ 1970 hit.
Land of the free?
The Ad Council’s Black Lives Matter PSA poses the question, is there freedom for all in America?
Horny for the old normal
Liquid Death takes a nostalgic, anti-social distancing glance back at the bygone days of group activity in a quartet of ‘norm porn’ parodies.
Birth, death, beauty – in black and white
Director Christopher Dormoy creates a mesmerising monochrome study of ice, flowers and ink.
Carol Cooper
Contributing 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.
Work, Profiles, Insight