Carol Cooper
Features Editor
carol.cooper@extremereach.comCarol has been writing for shots Magazine for over 11 years and, in the role of Features Editor, adds to her workload of articles and profiles with regular work postings.
Ed Sheeran’s Persian party
The global music icon releases a joyous new video for his track Azizam, a celebration of love and cultural connection inspired by all the fun of a traditional Iranian wedding.
Mercado Play’s free-for-all
Promoting the streaming platform’s totally gratis TV service, these droll spots explore what happens when complimentary gets complicated.
Arizona’s hard-hitting home truths
This tragic film for the state’s Department of Education reveals one of the many knock-on effects of homelessness – the threat of losing a school place.
Rana rises from the ashes
Hosted by NOWNESS, Saam Gabbay's moving meditation on the aftermath of LA’s Palisades fire is told through one woman’s raw account of her return to her lost home.
An anguished plea from the Voices of Children
Now officially adopted by the Ukrainian children’s charity, this remarkable graduation film from Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg student Alexander Kühn is a heart-rending portrait of a war-ravaged young family.
The Avener’s astral projections
The French electronic artist releases his new track Lunae Veritatis, with a captivating space-based CG music video.
Bonnie MacRae’s loving spoonful
The writer/director stirs up a charming, kitchen utensil-based tale of love and its aftermath.
Virgin sends in the clouds
This lovely spot from the airline cleverly conflates the spirit of travel, generosity and the view from a plane, via Maya Angelou’s advice to “be a rainbow in somebody’s cloud.”
Tadaam’s warp speed web
The Belgian internet provider plays fast and loose with reality in this amusing campaign demonstrating the provider's prompt processes.
Thinking in pictures: why dyslexia is film production's secret strength
Though their dyslexia presents difficulties in reading and writing, Daisy Thomson, Head of New Business, and Sophia Ogilvie, Production Manager at Mad Cow Films, share how their visual way of thinking enhances problem-solving, script development, and project management.
A green screen bad dream
Film editor Jonah Oskow’s commercial for his own services explores the perils of being trapped in one’s own VFX cosmic tempest.
Apple’s red-carpet samba
The tech giant promotes iPhone 16 Pro Max with classy film that celebrates Brazilian culture as the country’s Carnival collides with the Academy Awards.
Carol Cooper
Features Editor
carol.cooper@extremereach.com
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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