IAMWARFACE - Fear The Future

Artist: IAMWARFACE
Track: Fear The Future
Production Company: Kumo London 
Director/Cinematography: Yohan Forbes
Featured Talent: Dean Rose & Nick Foster
Writer/Assistant Director/Executive Producer: Matt Warneford
Visual Effects: Tom Howe
Edited by: Yohan Forbes & Tom Howe

Fear The Future is a visceral, concept-driven horror short disguised as a music video. Conceived by Matt Warneford, the band’s front-man and creative architect, the film became a commentary on digital anxiety and the shadow of progress.

Shot in controlled, claustrophobic interiors, the project visualises isolation through flickering CRT screens, fragmented identity, and violent self-confrontation. As director and cinematographer, Yohan Forbes translated Warneford’s vision into cinematic language: tight lenses, minimal lighting, and deliberate contrast between decay and neon.

Visual-effects artist Tom Howe transformed the footage into a fever dream, veins glowing beneath skin, synthetic eyes reflecting static, monsters born from projection light. Every effect was executed practically or composited frame-by-frame, creating a texture closer to 1980s physical horror than modern CGI sheen.

Performances by Dean Rose and Nick Foster anchor the surrealism with humanity, turning fear into something intimate and recognisable.

STRATEGIC INSIGHT

The collaboration united three creative worlds  musician, filmmaker, and VFX artist, under a shared fascination with dystopia and emotional release. For Kumo London, this project marked an early exploration into genre filmmaking, proving that cinematic authorship can exist even within micro-budget, artist-led productions.

It also demonstrated Kumo’s flexibility across tone: shifting from soulful realism Aurora Dee Raynes - Crazy That You Love to stylised horror while maintaining emotional truth and collaborative authorship.

WHY THIS MATTERS

Fear The Future became a turning point in redefining how independent musicians visualise fear, identity, and rebellion. The video stands as an example of Kumo’s belief that genre filmmaking can coexist with musical storytelling,  that horror, when handled with intelligence and respect for human psychology, becomes another language of empathy.

It cemented Kumo London’s approach: adapt, listen, translate energy into image, and always protect creative authorship.

SERVICES DELIVERED

- Directing and cinematography (Sony FS5 / prime kit)

- Co-editing and narrative structuring with Tom Howe

- On-set lighting and visual concept design

- Creative development and script collaboration with Matt Warneford

- Production management and post-production delivery

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- BBC Sounds - Jools Holland Interviews: Cinematic interview shorts for BBC Music / Loftus Media.

At Kumo London, every genre becomes a study in empathy, from romance to horror, from live performance to psychological storytelling. Fear The Future reminds us that even darkness can hold meaning when handled with authorship and trust. Filmed in London and crafted with an independent spirit, the project turned fear into reflection, proving that when horror is made with empathy, it becomes another language of truth.

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