The Brass Teapot Film Analysis

In the interesting film The Brass Teapot (2012), directed by Ramaa Mosley and story by Tim Macy. Mosley uses various camera work techniques, aural techniques and mise-en- scene to convey the message of the film, that ‘greed can bring out the worst in people’ and ‘it’s not worth it in the end’. This is clearly shown throughout the film through the characters. The genre of this film is comedy and drama, though it is mostly consisted of dark humour. This particular movie is unique because we, the audience realise how money can make a person so greedy and insane that they’re willing to commit murder for it. The director’s intention is to show us, the audience how greed can gradually turn even the brightest and lightest of people into monsters and how human nature can be dark and drab when money is involved and we as humans need to make mistakes in order to learn from the experience.
The effective camera work showed the audience the character’s expressions to comprehend how they are feeling. Ramaa Mosley has used various camera techniques such as close up, cut away, zoom and blurring. In the second initial scene of the film, introduces us, the audience to the teapot, Mosley uses close up to show us the mystical object
This film had a very interesting take on the concept of greed in human nature and these 3 techniques worked collectively together and helped exaggerate that point, this film really taught the audience that Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is indeed accurate and that money is nothing compared to love and safety. “You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy” (Garth Brooks) as the ending is showing Alice’s protruding belly. Its human nature to make mistakes but learning from them is the hard part and that is what Alice and John do they learn from the experience as experience is