Our Products
shots is now a whole suite of creative products – explore them here

The Talent

Agency

From Junior Creatives to ECDs, delve into career highlights (and lowlights) in our in-depth profiles.

Production

The people who make the spots you love, covering all aspects of production, post and sound.

Production
19th Jun
Tone Aston​ talks the psychology of sound

Tone Aston​ talks the psychology of sound

The evolution of sound design, the future of sonic branding and the psychology of sound are among the topics Tone Aston mulls over as he discusses Rumble Studios win at the 2024 APAC Awards.

Production
16th Jun
​Natsuki Urayama is staying true to the story

​Natsuki Urayama is staying true to the story

Natsuki Urayama, the young Japanese director of acclaimed short film Cut, opens up to Tim Cumming about her life, her nascent career and her ultimate goals within Japan’s creative industries.

Production
12th Jun
Making the cut with Jack Hutchings

Making the cut with Jack Hutchings

When it comes to getting the best assembly, directors turn to Jack Hutchings, winner of the Editor of the Year award at shots Awards Asia Pacific 2024, who works his magic across spots, shorts and feature-length films at The Editors and ARC Edit.

Agency
11th Jun
Lauria’s Law

Lauria’s Law

A year on from presiding over the Sustainable Development Goals Lions Jury in Cannes, Gustavo Lauria, President and Chief Creative Officer of We Believers, talks to Lucy Aitken about harnessing the industry’s “superhero brains”, game-changing creativity and farting cows.

Production
9th Jun
Finding advertising’s funny bone with Jeff Low

Finding advertising’s funny bone with Jeff Low

Revolver’s Jeff Low picked up the Director of the Year award at 2024’s shots APAC Awards. He talks to Tim Cumming about his attention-grabbing Telstra spots, and what needs to go into a campaign in order to extract a laugh.

Production
5th Jun
shots Unsigned: Harry Barber

shots Unsigned: Harry Barber

For Junes shots Unsigned interview we hear from UK director Harry Barber. Here, he talks about his music video The Worm, sleeping in the van after the shoot in freezing conditions, and how personal projects keep you creative.

The Way I See It

What's your first memory? Who were your influences? Find out more about your favourite creatives in our in-depth series.

Agency
5th Jun
Raising the bar with Kem Suraphongchai

Raising the bar with Kem Suraphongchai

As the Festival Director of ADFEST, Kem Suraphongchai is at the heart of Asia Pacific advertising. She talks to Tim Cumming about the past, present and future of the region’s creative ambition.

Production
2nd Jun
PHC is raising the roof

PHC is raising the roof

Lauded for his music films and striking spots for Crumpler, 2024’s New Director of the Year winner, PHC, aka John Stewart, talks to Tim Cumming about life, work and career, touching on Love Hotels, tattooed Yakuza and chasing the new.

Production
28th May
Thinking Big with Micah Walker

Thinking Big with Micah Walker

Micah Walker, the Founder and CCO of the extravagantly titled Bear Meets Eagle On Fire, looks back on a global career and reflects on the creative challenges facing the APAC region.

Production
19th May
Flying high with FINCH

Flying high with FINCH

With two consecutive Production Company of the Year wins for FINCH at the shots APAC Awards, and with entries for the 2025 edition open now, the company’s Executive Producer, Nick Simkins, talks to Tim Cumming about the nature of the work coming from Asia Pacific and the region’s challenges and opportunities, including budgetary downturns and cultural and global uncertainty.

Agency
7th May
​Thomas Kolster on the business of doing better

​Thomas Kolster on the business of doing better

A founding father of ‘goodvertising’, Thomas Kolster has spent almost 20 years at the intersection of sustainability, branding and marketing – preaching the gospel on brand transformation. Now, with a new enemy on the horizon, his mission is clearer than ever.

Membership offers you insight, inspiration and tools to transform your workflow Find out more
Production
30th Apr
Azlan Som on finding clarity in the abstract for ADFEST

Azlan Som on finding clarity in the abstract for ADFEST

Finding himself in the Fabulous Five at the festival with his personal short RINTIK, Som speaks about how a storytelling experiment can help to find your voice.

Production
23rd Apr
Mika Sasaki talks ADFEST perfection with IM PERFECTION

Mika Sasaki talks ADFEST perfection with IM PERFECTION

The festival's Fabulous Five Jury Commendation winner talks about how societal trends and Japanese cultural norms lend themselves to dystopian futures, and how collaboration is key in getting big ideas onto the screen.

Production
16th Apr
Haruna Takahara on the coolest way to Collide with ADFEST

Haruna Takahara on the coolest way to Collide with ADFEST

The winner of the festival's Popular Vote in breaking talent showcase, Fabulous Five, explains how ICE, her wildly witty short that gives a solution to the problem of annoying customers, showcased a uniquly surreal sense of humour.

Production
10th Apr
shots Unsigned: Major Dorfman

shots Unsigned: Major Dorfman

In our latest shots Unsigned interview we talk with Los Angeles-based director Major Dorfman. Here, he talks about his short film Classmates, finishing his Masters at university, and the draw of small town Massachusetts life...

Agency
27th Mar
The G/Jems' 24 carat creativity

The G/Jems' 24 carat creativity

Brought together by a shared name, McCann’s rising creative duo the G/Jems are channelling their differences – both neural and cultural - into an award-winning creative streak that’s changing the narrative around everything from women’s football to inclusive gaming.

Agency
21st Mar
Emma Castle: A brighter state of mind

Emma Castle: A brighter state of mind

Springboarding off her late ADHD diagnosis, Emma Castle, founder of Margate-based creative collective Bright Island, is shaking up the ad industry with an alternative agency model. Supporting neurodiversity in its environment and working culture isn’t just good for creativity, she tells shots – it makes business sense too.

Production
27th Feb
Backmask; the sound of short film success

Backmask; the sound of short film success

After individual successes in the advertising arena, and critical praise working together in the comic book industry, the creative partnership of Chris Baker and Matt Fitch joined forces with producer Charlie Woodall to take on the film world. Now, as their award-winning short Backmask premieres on shots, they explain why features are next on their to-do list.

Production
26th Feb
The Way I See It: Ben Taylor

The Way I See It: Ben Taylor

From kicking around with McFly as a fledgling music video helmer to harnessing offbeat romances in Sex Education and Catastrophe, MindsEye director Ben Taylor's innate predilection for comedy has delighted audiences for years. Here, Taylor talks to shots about the cinematic education, accidental adaptability and Fiery Hawks that have given him such stellar opportunities.

Get a demo

Fill out the form below to arrange a personalized demo and see how Shots can work for you...