It takes months, even years, to develop a movie animation. Learn what it takes to design and program a short film! Participants extend their computer programming skills and apply it to create their virtual worlds, scintillating characters, 3D animations and digital storytelling. Participants will learn and code their characters in Alice programming language, developed at the Carnegie Mellon University. Information and Technology Essential Standards (ITES): Technology as a Tool; CSTA Computer Science Standards: Computational Thinking Algorithms L1:3-3, L1:3-4, L1:6-2, Computing Practice and Programming L1:3-4, L1:6-5, L1:6-6.