Project
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Snow Remembers Everything
Year
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2025
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Designer
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CGI
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"Snow Remembers Everything" is a cinematic music short set in medieval times. It explores the aftermath of war and captures small glimpses of silence after war. What began as concept art and exploration in Unreal Engine has evolved into this musical short film.
Music Cinematic with Unreal Engine
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Snow Remembers Everything
I’ve long been drawn to music-driven animation for its ability to carry emotion beyond words. As part of my exploration with Unreal Engine, I set out to create a CGI music video that captures the aftermath of war — not the glory of victory, but the haunting silence that follows it.
Snow Remembers Everything reflects on the loneliness of survival and the weight a soldier carries after the battle is won. Snow, in its stillness, becomes both witness and memory — covering the fallen, yet never forgetting.
Origin
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Painting to cinematic
There are many stories behind this project that never made it into the final cut, but they still belong to it. These paintings continue where the song ends, and fill the silence in between.
This project began as paintings before it became cinematic — and these artworks remain a crucial part of the story.
Origin
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Behind the Scenes
There Over the years, I’ve built my own pipeline through trial, error, and exploration across different softwares. It may not follow the industry standard, but it’s cohesive - every stage contributes something to the final result.
Most of the assembly, texturing, and animation is done in Blender, then transferred to Unreal Engine (usually through USD for a seamless scene handoff). Texturing is often finalized in Unreal. Animation sequences are handled in Sequencer and rendered using the Movie Render Queue.
For effects, I worked to push Niagara simulations as far as possible without exhausting GPU performance - with results I was happy with. Final compositing and color grading were completed in After Effects and DaVinci Resolve, using Dehancer film emulation to bring everything together.
Credits
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Snow Remembers Everything
Created by - Jitendra Kakade
Produced by - ARC. Studio
Art Direction & Design - Jitendra Kakade
Animation & Environment - Unreal Engine 5.6
Modeling - Blender 3D
Assets - Big Medium Small, Quixel Megascan
Final Compositing - After Effects
Film Emulation - Dehancer Pro
Color Grade - DaVinci Resolve
Rendering - Sequencer
This project was developed at ARC Studio — a multidisciplinary space dedicated to exploring Industrial Design, CGI, and 3D visualization.
Looking ahead, ARC Studio will continue to expand into collaborative work across CGI and product design.
