I am Cuba
Serghei Urussevsky is unique in the way he used camera movement in his film. The camera becomes a narrator telling the story itself. He had become a legend for the techniques of manipulating camera.
In I am Cuba, he made an excellent impression on camera movements using hard to accomplish movements. Although the shots are very long ( even more than two minutes) the camera is moving permanently, involving vertical and horizontal panning, panoramic shots and extreme close-ups. In the begining of the film we see a panoramic view of the city, then camera moves to a close-up of the window in which the story unfolds.
His technique is a combination of far and near that makes the viewer blending in the action.
An extreme movement takes place at the funerals. In an unbroken take camera moves between the crowds at the funeral, goes up to 3rd floor, enters a cigar factory trough the window and then goes out trough another window and follows the procession from the top.
Excellent camera techniques definitely characterises Serghei Urussevsky .
