Walking Cinema: Murder on Beacon Hill
Encyclopedia
Untravel Media designed this iPhone
application, based on the Parkman–Webster murder case, where John White Webster
was accused of the murder of George Parkman
. The case was the first one to use the budding science of forensics. The iPhone
application was recognized to be the first iPhone
application to be accepted to a major film festival
, based on the PBS
documentary, Murder at Harvard. The application is a mixed-reality storytelling experience, combining a roughly one-mile walk with audio, video, a live map and location-based adventures to guide participants through the story.
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
application, based on the Parkman–Webster murder case, where John White Webster
John White Webster
John White Webster , born in Boston, Massachusetts, was a professor of chemistry and geology at Harvard Medical College...
was accused of the murder of George Parkman
George Parkman
George Parkman , a Boston Brahmin , belonged to one of Boston's richest families...
. The case was the first one to use the budding science of forensics. The iPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
application was recognized to be the first iPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
application to be accepted to a major film festival
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
, based on the PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
documentary, Murder at Harvard. The application is a mixed-reality storytelling experience, combining a roughly one-mile walk with audio, video, a live map and location-based adventures to guide participants through the story.
Cast & Crew
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Michael Epstein Michael Epstein Michael Epstein may refer to:*Sir Michael Anthony Epstein , one of the discoverers of the Epstein-Barr virus*Mike Epstein, former Major League Baseball player*Michael Epstein , head of the Solar Facility at Weizmann Institute of Science... |
Writer, Director |
| Eric Stange | Writer, Collaborating Director |
| Caitlin Mailly | Producer |
| Laura Pirano | Producer, Cinematographer, Editor, Art Director, Digital Effects, Animator |
| Sasha Mandel | Original Music, Sound Editor |
| Michael Born | Map Animation and Renderings |
| Raizlabs | Application Design |
| Susi Walsh | Project Coordinator |
| Brooke Scibelli | Production Assistant |
| Alexandra McDougall Alexandra McDougall Alexandra Catherine McDougall is an American actress best known for voicing "Walking Cinema: Murder on Beacon Hill," the first iPhone application to be accepted to a major film festival, as well as her role in the New England Emmy Award nominated documentary "On The Lake: Life and Love in a... |
Narrator |
| Paul Logan, Jr. | Additional Voices |
| S. Parkman “Parkie” Shaw | Descendent of George Parkman George Parkman George Parkman , a Boston Brahmin , belonged to one of Boston's richest families... |
| Ronald Story | Historian |
| Karen Halttunen | Historian |
Stops On The Tour
- The Etherdome at Massachusetts General HospitalMassachusetts General HospitalMassachusetts General Hospital is a teaching hospital and biomedical research facility in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts...
- The Liberty Hotel
- Black Ink
- Blackstone's
- Harvard Musical AssociationHarvard Musical AssociationThe Harvard Musical Association is a private charitable organization founded by Harvard University graduates in 1837 for the purposes of advancing musical culture and literacy, both at the University and in the city of Boston. Though initially a spin-off of the Pierian Sodality, the Association...
- Acorn Street
- Parkman's House, 8 Walnut St.
- Appalachian Mountain ClubAppalachian Mountain ClubThe Appalachian Mountain Club is one of the United States' oldest outdoor groups. Created in 1876 to explore and preserve the White Mountains in New Hampshire, it has expanded throughout the northeastern U.S., with 12 chapters stretching from Maine to Washington, D.C...
, 5 Joy St.