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'''''Screen Play''''' is a 1992 British animated short directed by Barry Purves.
''Screen Play'' is a StopMotion retelling of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_pattern#The_romantic_fable Willow pattern story]], with a change in setting from China to Japan. It revolves around the [[StarCrossedLovers forbidden love]] between Takako, a daughter of nobility, and Naoki, a humble gardener. As Takako and Naoki's love grows, Takako's father Eishiro plans to break up the romance and marry her off with a samurai.
The film was nominated for an UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestAnimatedShortFilm, but lost to ''WesternAnimation/MonaLisaDescendingAStaircase''.
!!Tropes:
* ArrangedMarriage: Eishiro forces Takako to marry the Samurai after he banished Naoki. She escapes, but not forever.
* DownerEnding: Naoki and the storyteller are murdered and Takako kills herself, though at the very least, the couple are reincarnated as pidgeons, not to mention Eishiro and the Samurai are dead as well.
* DrivenToSuicide: With Naoki dead, Takako commits {{seppuku}} with the Samurai's sword.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Samurai is only represented by a picture - until he breaks through said picture.
* IfICantHaveYou: The Samurai kills Naoki and the storyteller before trying to do the same to Takako. She saves herself, [[DrivenToSuicide but not for long]].
* KarmicDeath: Eishiro drowns chasing after Naoki and Takako, while the Samurai is killed by Takako with his own sword.
* KillEmAll: By the end of the film, pretty much everyone is dead, with the maid being the only mentioned character not shown dying.
* KillingInSelfDefense: Takako dispatches the Samurai by stabbing him in the neck with his own sword.
* MaleFrontalNudity: Naoki is fully exposed as he makes love to Takako - and also when she cradles his lifeless body.
* OffWithHisHead: How the Samurai kills the storyteller.
* TheOner: Most of the film is a single shot, as if it were a stage play, until the Samurai pops in.
* StarCrossedLovers: Much like in the original story, the film revolves around the love between a noble and a vagabond. True to the trope, it doesn't end well.
* WhamShot: The appearance of the Samurai. Bonus points for being the first true shot change in the entire film.
''Screen Play'' is a StopMotion retelling of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_pattern#The_romantic_fable Willow pattern story]], with a change in setting from China to Japan. It revolves around the [[StarCrossedLovers forbidden love]] between Takako, a daughter of nobility, and Naoki, a humble gardener. As Takako and Naoki's love grows, Takako's father Eishiro plans to break up the romance and marry her off with a samurai.
The film was nominated for an UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestAnimatedShortFilm, but lost to ''WesternAnimation/MonaLisaDescendingAStaircase''.
!!Tropes:
* ArrangedMarriage: Eishiro forces Takako to marry the Samurai after he banished Naoki. She escapes, but not forever.
* DownerEnding: Naoki and the storyteller are murdered and Takako kills herself, though at the very least, the couple are reincarnated as pidgeons, not to mention Eishiro and the Samurai are dead as well.
* DrivenToSuicide: With Naoki dead, Takako commits {{seppuku}} with the Samurai's sword.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Samurai is only represented by a picture - until he breaks through said picture.
* IfICantHaveYou: The Samurai kills Naoki and the storyteller before trying to do the same to Takako. She saves herself, [[DrivenToSuicide but not for long]].
* KarmicDeath: Eishiro drowns chasing after Naoki and Takako, while the Samurai is killed by Takako with his own sword.
* KillEmAll: By the end of the film, pretty much everyone is dead, with the maid being the only mentioned character not shown dying.
* KillingInSelfDefense: Takako dispatches the Samurai by stabbing him in the neck with his own sword.
* MaleFrontalNudity: Naoki is fully exposed as he makes love to Takako - and also when she cradles his lifeless body.
* OffWithHisHead: How the Samurai kills the storyteller.
* TheOner: Most of the film is a single shot, as if it were a stage play, until the Samurai pops in.
* StarCrossedLovers: Much like in the original story, the film revolves around the love between a noble and a vagabond. True to the trope, it doesn't end well.
* WhamShot: The appearance of the Samurai. Bonus points for being the first true shot change in the entire film.
