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    This document contains information about a student named Diya Ghosh enrolled in the year 2019-20 for the subject ENGL03SEC1. It also contains a summary of the film "The Paper Boy" by Aniket Mitra, which follows the story of a nameless orphan boy who delivers newspapers in Kolkata. Key props in the film like a pair of shoes and a drawing book are used to represent the boy's hopes and bleak future. The film aims to showcase the harsh lives of street children in Kolkata who struggle daily but receive little public attention or support.

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    This document contains information about a student named Diya Ghosh enrolled in the year 2019-20 for the subject ENGL03SEC1. It also contains a summary of the film "The Paper Boy" by Aniket Mitra, which follows the story of a nameless orphan boy who delivers newspapers in Kolkata. Key props in the film like a pair of shoes and a drawing book are used to represent the boy's hopes and bleak future. The film aims to showcase the harsh lives of street children in Kolkata who struggle daily but receive little public attention or support.

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    Name: Diya Ghosh

    Roll No: ENGL015

    Registration No: 19103210015

    Subject Code: ENGL03SEC1

    Year of Registration: 2019-20

    2a. In film terms, a frame refers to one single picture on a piece of motion picture film. For example,
    in The Paper Boy, a single shot of the boy looking at the launch can be referred to as a frame. Frame
    also refers to the boundaries of the screen image. In both the two films, Anukul and The Paper Boy,
    nothing seems to spill out, everyday is perfectly contained within the frame. As a verb, frame refers
    to the act of composing a shot to include, exclude or emphasise certain elements. For example, in
    The Paper Boy, almost all the shots taken revolve around the boy and what he sees or does. It has
    highly emphasised the life of the boy, but we do not see any other so prominent character in the
    entire film.

    1a. The film, The Paper Boy(2015), by Aniket Mitra, revolves around a life of a nameless orphan child
    who lives on the streets of Calcutta and earns a living by delivering newspapers to different houses.
    One day, he sees a wonderful pair of shoes floating in the banks of the river Ganga and picks them
    up. Then follows a dream sequence where he imagines himself delivering newspapers and receiving
    chocolates and other gifts in return. But this dream is abruptly broken when he is woken up by the
    ringing of the cycle bell.

    Director Aniket Mitra has used minimal number of props in the film but what he has used play a
    significant role in the film. The pair of shoes are significant because they seem to give a sense of
    hope and also provide him with happiness, as seen through the dream sequence and also, at the
    end, when he wakes up, disillusioned, but then sees the shoes on his feet. Thus, the film ends with a
    sense of hope in the bleak future that is the boy's life.

    Before he found the shoes, there was a sense of loneliness and sadness within him as evidenced
    through the fire and the group of people singing around it. He watches them, but feels unable to go
    up to them, can’t enjoy their company as he is distant from them. To ease his sense of loneliness and
    the urge for belonging somewhere, he draws a picture of a house on the jagged walls. The faces of
    those to whom he delivers papers everyday are not shown as if to further alienate him from others.

    He has a suitcase where he keeps certain items which he considers important to him, the few
    clothes and belongings he had ever had, which now includes the shoes as well.

    The harsh sound of the cycle bell serves as the transition from the dream sequence to actual reality
    as well as a reminder of the harshness of his real life. The use of classical music perfectly fits in with
    the airy, care-free nature of the boy in the dream sequence.

    The blank drawing book which he receives during the dream sequence is a reminder of his bleak
    future but the pencils and other stationery he receives is perhaps a sign that he can make something
    of his bleak life if he has the will to do so.
    I feel that with the help of such props, the director has managed to successfully capture the dark
    side of Calcutta, which is known as the City of Joy, where perhaps not everyone is so joyful. It
    showcases the harsh life led by orphaned street children who struggle everyday to make a living and
    keep themselves alive. No one bothers about their lives and they do not get the public notice that
    they deserve. No one bothers whether they the live or die and thus they remain unknown.
    Hopefully, this film will garner some attention for them.

    To conclude, the use of minimal props, far from complicating the film, has simplified it but at the
    same time highly contributed to the overall success of the film.

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