Films
Hitesh has by now made four films. The first two are Documentaries made specially for the architects and researchers interested in the subject. And the last two are short and Presentation films for general public.
All the films are conceived, scripted, directed, edited and screenplayed by Hitesh.
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“Shilp-Gram, A Salute to History” |
In May 1997 | |
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Some shots from “Shilp-Gram, A Salute to History”
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Subject:
How stone is carved and sculpted in workshops of stone-carving in Gujarat &
Rajasthan.
Contents:
About 10 Workshops of stone carving-Carved units of stone & sculptures-Different
machines like lathe machine, gang-saw machines to cut and carve stones-Interviews
with craftsmen,contractors.
Description:
When Hitesh was studying in his Final Year of Bachelor of Architecture, he
was doing a thesis for designing a workshop for stone craftsmen.
He travelled in Gujarat and Rajasthan to observe the existing workshops of craftsmen.
He carried a handy-cam video camera and shot the process of stone-carving in
these workshops.He also interviewed some craftsmen and contractors.
This footage of hours was edited by Hitesh himself to make a documentary film
of one hour in length.
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“Construction of Temple” |
In May 1998 | |
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Some screens of the film.
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Subject:
How different carved units of stone are assembled to construct a traditional
temple.
Description:
Hitesh was interested in capturing
how different parts of the temple are assembled.He shot the prcess of construction
of temple in Pune and made a film.
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“Selected works of Hitesh” |
In July 2002 | |
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Some screens of the film.
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Language:
English
Subject:
Selected works of Hitesh Sompura.Preview of web-site www.hitesh.org
Contents:
Photographs , drawings and explanation of Hitesh’s different projects.- Temples,
Factory, Shopping Complex, Hospital, Museum, Home-Temples, Interior Design projects,
etc.
Description:
Hitesh made this web-site, www.hitesh.org displaying his work. This
web-site has more than 35 web pages and 400 photographs. In such big web-sites,it
is difficult and time consuming for one to find what is wanted from the whole
lot of what is available.
And therefore one may miss the gist of the web site.
So like a tourist guide, Hitesh takes the viewer through the best of his web-site
in this film.
This film displays 135 full screen size pictures with commentary in Hitesh’s
own voice.Additionally the film has animations, drawings explaining the philosophy
underlying his work.The film is in English language.
The film is conceived ,scripted, directed, screen-played and edited by Hitesh
himself.
For the complete transcript
of this film, please click here.
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“Mandir, Ek Shashtra” |
In August 2002 | |
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Subject:
How Home temples are designed as per the ancient science of Temple Architecture
ie.Vastu-Shastra.
Content:
Designs of different home temples,photographs-animations-explantion.
Description:
Hitesh organized an exhibition of home temples in the festive season
in Mumbai. This exhibition was frequented by many visitors who had common questions
which were cumbersome for Hitesh and the staff to reply repeatedly to different
visitors visiting at different times.
So Hitesh made this short film of 8 minutes in which he answered all the ‘frequently
asked questions’ about home temples. Hitesh explained this with commentary
in his own voice, drawings and photographs. This film solved doubts of visitors
without their having to ask any questions.
This film explains about the purpose of
temple, its placement, direction, importance of proportion, form and symbols
with different designs of Home Temples. The Script, Screenplay, Voice, Direction
& Editing for this film was done by Hitesh.
The film is in Hindi language with English sub-titles.
For more information and
excerpts of the transcript of this film please Click here.
To hear excerpts
of the commentary of this film in Hitesh's voice please click here. 