the Work

The best new commercials, music videos and short films,
curated by the shots editorial team.

20^th Oct

AvisualexplorationofÓlafurArnauldsmusicallanguage

Against the looming Pyrenees mountains, three women confront fears and intimacy in this hypnotic promo.

20^th Oct

AnOtherdeliveryforthepeoplewelove

In their first ad for Bloom & Wild, a young woman attempts to find the right words to express her love and support, remembering their complex and emotionally difficult past.

20^th Oct

RicoNasty'sbodypositivity

In an installment of Adulthood, an animated content series created by Chromebook, the rapper talks candidly about body image and loving yourself.

20^th Oct

The many faces of emotion

The different sides of an unhappy wife's personality manifest in Versus, a powerful short film about control and dominance in a loveless marriage.

20^th Oct

Miracles do happen

A new promo for Jarryd James's track, Miracles, is a strange, unsettling tale of a man and two unlikely medics.

19^th Oct

Keith Schofield gives DuckSauce a stimulating simulation

The Caviar director's fertile imagination is given free reign in this inspired animatic-based music video.

19^th Oct

McDonald's book of dreams

This new spot celebrates that fact that, since 2015, McDonald's France has been offering its younger customers the choice of a book or a toy in all its Happy Meals.

19^th Oct

You're never Lonely with a retro videocall

Indie cuties George Moir and Blossom Caldarone collaborate on both track and video in this Windows 98-themed paper-craft crowd pleaser.

19^th Oct

LAMAR+NIK get crafty for Leon Bridges and Lucky Daye

Using the stop-motion technique known as stratastencil (i.e. hand-cut wizardry), the directing duo create a kaleidoscopic scrapbook full of invention.

19^th Oct

Dare you experience the first-ever horror movie... for cats

adam&eveDDB and Zombie create a delightfully knowing and well-executed animated short for TEMPTATIONS, following a intrepid moggy as they face their fears.

19^th Oct

Yippee ki-yay, motor-starter

In an advertising event that none of us saw coming, Bruce Willis reprises grizzled vent-shuffler John McClane for the return of DieHard... batteries.

16^th Oct

Amazon takes up dead space

Harrowing and horrible, a man suffocates for a full minute, gasping for air, a plastic bag covering his entire head.

16^th Oct

Chris Rock's fantasy mansion gets real with Apple and Verizon

Talking us through the 5G capabilities of the new handset and service, the motor-mouthed comedian takes us around an augmented abode.

16^th Oct

A Thurso surfer has #ALifeInterrupted

In Luke Davies' charming film, windswept boardrider Doug tells us about North Atlantic's sub zero conditions, the challenge of a turbulent swell and an issue he has lived with his whole life.

16^th Oct

Hey Bud, are you sure you're cut-out for this?

In an entertaining new spot from W+K New York, a cardboard crowd-member goes in search of a crisp beverage.

16^th Oct

The Recording Academy's credit note

The Recording Academy is highlighting creative credits with Behind the Record, a social media initiative to spotlight the many creators who contribute to the music recording process.

16^th Oct