Crazy That You Love:  Aurora Dee Raynes

A cinematic music video built on collaborative authorship, screen-written, filmed and shaped by a multi-creative team, produced by Preference Studio and The Farm for Tru Thoughts.

Artist: Aurora Dee Raynes
Label: Tru Thoughts
Director: Portia Barnett-Herron
Screenplay / Conceptual Treatment: Stephen Raynes & Yohan Forbes (Kumo London)
Cinematography: Yohan Forbes, Ben Jones, Stephen Raynes
Drone Cinematography: Chris Bates (SkyhookTV)
Produced & Posted by: Preference Studio and The Farm
Grade: Nuala Sheridan at The Farm
Creative Oversight: Steven Raynes , Portia Barnett-Herron & Dan K Dan (Featured performer)
Camera System: Sony FX6 with mixed-format lens kit
Location: Shot across London and surrounding countryside (studio, rooftops, roads, parks)

Crazy That You Love is a love story told in fragments dreamlike, documentary, conceptual. The project began as a montage cut by Steve, using real-world romantic visuals to explore the layered emotional terrain of love: its hardship, its honesty, its tenderness. From this raw material, Kumo London’s Yohan Forbes wrote a screenplay and conceptual treatment, crafting a structure that honoured the source while giving it emotional rhythm. That treatment was passed to Portia Barnett-Herron, who directed the film in collaboration with Dan, the featured performer. Scenes were captured across rooftops, roads, and studio floors blending stylised movement, lyric performance, and observational realism.

The cinematography was powered by a small, deeply aligned crew. Stephen Raynes, Ben Jones, and Yohan Forbes formed the main camera unit, with Ben bringing a quiet emotional intelligence to the documentary-style morning and relationship scenes. His handheld lensing of Dan waking up by herself or trading glances in quiet, brought depth and human honesty.

To scale the intimacy into visual poetry, Chris Bates of SkyhookTV delivered the project’s defining aerial sequences. From wide shots of Dan and her partner driving through the countryside to the final overhead pull-away a warm embrace dissolving into open sky, Chris’s drone cinematography gave the film lift, perspective, and closure. His eye, control, and trust in composition elevated the entire project.

This wasn’t just a music video it was a collective act of creative trust, and Aurora Dee Raynes’ most streamed track to date.

Strategic Insight

This project is a testament to what happens when every collaborator is trusted, credited, and given space to bring their craft forward. Kumo London contributed both creative authorship (screenwriting, story development, preproduction) and technical execution (cinematography, lens strategy, on-set collaboration). But more importantly, we worked in rhythm with the team with Steven Raynes' instinctive edit, Portia’s directional presence, Ben’s intimate visual language, Nuala Sheridan’s grade, and Chris Bates’ sweeping drone work. This case study is a model of Kumo’s future-facing ethos: embed deeply, author with integrity, serve the story and honour everyone involved.

Services Delivered

• Screenwriting and conceptual treatment.
• Visual story development from montage and moodboard.
• Camera operation (Sony FX6)
• Lens strategy by scene for emotional tone.
• Co-DOP on multi-operator team (with Stephen Raynes and Ben Jones)
• Embedded collaboration with director, editor, and creative team.
• Integration of SkyhookTV’s drone footage into master shot design.
• Preproduction support, creative treatment, and emotional continuity.

Let’s Tell the Story That Matters

At Kumo London, we write and film from the inside out not just making visuals, but shaping them around what’s true. Whether you’re directing a music video or building a campaign with emotional teeth, we can embed with care, offer authorship with clarity, and deliver visuals that hold meaning. Let's shape a film that mean something Get in touch.