was filmed at the McKinley Museum and Monument from July 24th through the 28th, 2006. Fourteen students participated in the film camp. Set design included building a hidden cavern and the lair of the mummy.

The plot involves a crew of student archeologists who discover a tomb located far beneath the McKinley Monument. As they investigate the tomb, they unwittingly unleash the terror of the McKinley Mummy and one by one they disappear. A squad of seasoned law enforcement professionals are called in to investigate. It is up to these professionals, the Youth Patrol, to uncover the clues to their disappearance and save them, and ultimately humanity, from the wrath of the Mummy!

was filmed July 25th through the 29th, 2005. Nightwine Productions filmed the entire week at the McKinley Museum and Monument in Canton, Ohio. Eleven students participated in the film camp.

The movie dealt with the students traveling back in time to find President McKinley and transport him back to the future to help fight off an alien invasion. The students acted off a 35 page script. Nightwine personnel provided the script and covered the basics from storyboard design to set design. Filming also consisted of special effects which included building a mockup of the McKinley Monument which later was blown up to help create a prototype for the computer generated explosion of the monument. The movie had a world premiere on October 29th, 2005 at the Great Escape Theaters in Massillon, Ohio.

Some of the personnel who worked on the project included Jeff Heimel who provided the computer generated effects of the spaceship and the destruction of the monument and Matt Persons, who developed the Master Blaster Gun and the poster layout.

On August 2nd through the 6th, 2004, Nightwine Productions participated in the McKinley Museum’s Science is Cool Camp. Nightwine provided a week long event teaching the art of film making. The twelve students in the class participated in making a short film called “The McKinley Monster”. The movie dealt with the students trying to get rid of a mutant 100 foot lizard which was trying to take over the McKinley Monument.

Monday through Thursday the students read their lines from a 17 page script. Nightwine personnel provided the script and covered the basics from storyboard design to set design. Filming also consisted of special effects such as a fog machine, human skeleton, webbing people up and a 8-foot by 9-foot giant lizard claw.

Nightwine personnel also filmed the production of the movie so that a documentary could be made detailing the creation of the movie. (Double-click “The McKinley Monster”, on the sidebar, for a glimpse of the documentary). On Friday, the students were able to see a rough cut world premiere of the 17-minute movie. Each student received a DVD of the movie and the documentary on making the movie.

This year’s film camp at the McKinley Museum took place from July 9th through July 13th. Seventeen students took part in the epic film-making of Mission Impossible McKinley. Students took part in directing, filming, acting and set design. Set design consisted of building the underground lair of the evil terrorist organization Hydra. They also built a 24-foot by 8-foot bluescreen wall for the film’s bluescreen effects.

The plot involves the evil Dr. Zahaus who conspires with Hydra to stop the President from presenting a new energy policy. Only the mission impossible teams can stop Dr. Zahaus and Hydra from succeeding.

Nightwine Productions, in association with the William McKinley Presidential Museum and Monument, provide a film camp every summer for students who are interested in the art of film-making. This one week intensive course covers scriptwriting, storyboarding, set design, filming, editing and special effects. The result is a world premiere of the movie at the Great Escape Theaters in Massillon, Ohio. The following movies have been produced at the film camp: