In The Great Gatsby, cinematography is overused, adding too much emphasis to established themes of whimsy and character-to-character relationships. Angled shots at eye level are the most common, with wide shots from the high/dutch angle coming in second. The latter is used over and over during the party scenes, and later, in a sense, further emphasizes the size of Gatsby's mansion by viewing the characters as if from a separate height from the house. As mentioned, the audience should already have an idea, making the camera angles excessive. At the beginning of the film, when the film first shows Gatsby's mansion, an ascending eye-level view is used, starting at the street and slowly moving up to an altitude just below the start of what would be the top floors of the villa. While it looks beautiful, this is a peculiar cinematic choice considering the supposed size and scale of the scene, and considering the bland and ordinary nature of the technique, used to help the audience relate to the characters, not the houses or styles of life. Furthermore, complicated shots of the driving scenes are overused: the view would switch from a bird's eye perspective to medium shots of the characters while driving, and they always drove too fast and swerved unrealistically in traffic and around corners – for a