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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.

25th May 2023 Insight
The age of AIsthetics

The age of AIsthetics

With what some are calling the fourth industrial revolution upon us (the first was steam/water power; the second, electricity; the third, computing) we tasked agency, production and strategy leaders to apply their genuine intelligence to issues around the artificial kind, asking them the following question: How do you think AI will impact creativity in the ad industry - positively and negatively - in the near future?

24th May 2023 Work
ClearScore’s tender tale of a son set free

ClearScore’s tender tale of a son set free

The financial planning app launches a sentimental spot about a young man finally able to afford to flee the nest.

24th May 2023 Work
Getting to the heart of art

Getting to the heart of art

This vivacious film helmed by Spindle’s newly signed comedy director LIAKH celebrates the Sainsbury Centre’s 50th anniversary, which reconceptualises the idea of what a gallery should be with its interactive exhibition, Living Art.

23rd May 2023 Work
A-eye or human eye?

A-eye or human eye?

As the creative industries assess the impact of the AI revolution, this new campaign for Hungary’s Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Centre suggests that machines will never perceive the world in the way that we do.

23rd May 2023 Work
Orchard Valley Harvest’s mouthless mascot

Orchard Valley Harvest’s mouthless mascot

The healthy snack brand releases a couple of suggestive spots featuring Ovie, an animated mischief maker with a desire to vicariously enjoy his own nuts – and fruits.

22nd May 2023 Work
Eydis Evensen’s sonic blooms

Eydis Evensen’s sonic blooms

This gorgeous music video for the Icelandic composer channels the the beauty of nature, in particular fantastical floral forms.

22nd May 2023 Work
Fennel's film lets the fat cats out of the bag

Fennel's film lets the fat cats out of the bag

This shocking campaign for the ethical investing app uses actual statements from a major company’s AGM in a spoof ‘leaked’ video that exposes shabby corporate decision making.

18th May 2023 Work
Warning of a world out of whack

Warning of a world out of whack

Leopold Museum and Climate Change Center Austria (CCCA) have collaborated on an ingenious art installation with a twist that draws attention to global warming.

17th May 2023 Work
YDA strikes the right chord

YDA strikes the right chord

Created for the Young Directors Award’s special contest Born to Create Drama, this exquisite film depicts a plucky violinist with an ear for the dramatic.

17th May 2023 Work
Ben Callner’s baby blues in black and white

Ben Callner’s baby blues in black and white

The new father and filmmaker has released a heart-warming chronicle of adjusting to the realities of life with his new daughter, Lily.

16th May 2023 Work
Vattenfall’s fossil-free facial

Vattenfall’s fossil-free facial

European energy company Vattenfall has teamed up with model and activist Cara Delevingne to launch the world’s first face mist made from industrial waste.

16th May 2023 Work
Light from dying stars

Light from dying stars

Toufic Beyhum and Tom Baker direct a compelling new short documentary providing a rare insight into what it means to live in a Southern African tribe thought to be perilously close to extinction.

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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