While watching the movie Caddyshack, I focused on the elements described in "Setting Up Your Shots." The 1980 film shows, to me, how certain techniques and styles fall in and out of favor. I noticed prominent use of pan (the nature of the golf-course setting in the movie lends itself to that), as well as plenty of cut transitions that were used to keep up with a lot of the fast paced dialogue. Screen directions also plays an important part in a scene depicting boats speeding about in a harbor.
What does tent to date the film, I think, is the use of fast zoom to emphasize. That sort of really quick movement is used in older movies from the 70s and 80s more than today, in my experience.
I'd say the camerawork was basic and clean for the most part, but based on the nature of the film, that doesn't really surprise me.
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