“Like all stories, musicals can be joyous, somber, thrilling, meditative, lively, plodding, goofy, emotional, political, instructive, and on and on. What they are obliged to be, first and foremost, is entertaining….” ~Steve Cuden If you’re going to...
Steve Cuden is proud to be a Co-Executive Producer of Howard Suber’s extraordinary docu-series called “The Power of Film.” The series is based on Howard’s lifelong work as a legendary professor of more than 50 years teaching filmmakers at UCLA and his outstanding book...
Audiences are harder to please if you’re just giving them effects, but they’re easy to please if it’s a good story. ~Steven Spielberg Most unforgettable stories go like this…. An interesting, three-dimensional protagonist is prompted by an outside force to...
Host Heather Abraham of Talk Pittsburgh on KDKA TV talks with Steve Cuden, a Point Park University Cinema Art Department faculty member, about why some musicals do not find success on the big screen. Watch the clip on CBS News Pittsburg here.
Mastering screenwriting fundamentals sets both you and your writing free—a crucial step on the road to success. The Importance of Screenwriting Fundamentals Many people think that by possessing paper and pen or a computer or an electronic pad or anything with word...
