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.
A dazzling disorder
French director Laurent Chanez takes us on a chaotic, captivating journey for Thomas Azier’s track, Love, Disorderly.
An intoxicating toxic love
Director Dustie Carter and DP Mike Dalton depict a dreamy, distorted view of doomed romance in this promo for new music project Vancouver China.
Locked into violence
This chilling campaign for Women’s Aid raises awareness of how lockdown can cause cruelty to spread – like a virus.
A Touching portrait of touchless times
Director Saam Gabbay documents lockdown life via a virtual birthday get-together.
Escape to la la lockdown land
LA-based content production company Strangeloop Studios has created a gorgeously trippy animated video for EarthGang’s track LaLa Challenge.
Keep your fingers off your physog
Minimal Productions director Josh Cohen has created a comic PSA about the now forbidden art of face-touching.
Länsförsäkringar’s lessons for living
B-Reel Films has produced a sweet ad for the Swedish insurance company that portrays the value of life’s little details.
A Highly Suspect dinner party disaster
Directed by Rock and Egg, through Dreambear, this raucous video seems eerily prescient.
State of Oregon states the harsh truth
W+K Portland has launched an impactful campaign from the Governor of Oregon spelling out the risks of not staying home to halt the spread of Covid-19
Swansong of a senile squirrel
Real Estate’s new track Paper Cup is accompanied by a corker of a promo directed by Nick Roney for Stink Films and Callen.
Amnesty depicts hate crimes of the future
This chilling short film directed by Flavio Nani reveals a disturbing dystopia rife with xenophobia.
Chat to stay cheerful says ITV
The broadcaster has relaunched its Britain Get Talking initiative to keep people connected in the face of isolation.
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