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Welcome to C-SPAN's 2016 StudentCam Competition!

C-SPAN's 2016 StudentCam Competition

Upload Your StudentCam Entry Form and Documentary

Click here, or on the "Submit" button above, to complete the Entry Form for yourself, any teammates, and your teacher advisor (if applicable).


You will be prompted to create a Username and Password when you fill out your Entry Form. Choose a unique username (you may use your email address), and choose a password that you will remember. You can log-in with this information at any time to view your uploaded documentary.


If you have questions about the competition or your submission, please email us at educate@c-span.org.


2016 Theme

“ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE”
What’s the issue YOU most want candidates to discuss during the 2016 presidential campaign?



Accepted Video Formats and Codecs

Video formats officially supported.
MP4, M4V (Video codecs:H.264 - Audio Codec:AAC)
AVI (Video codecs:Xvid, DivX - Audio Codec:MP3)
FLV (Video codecs:H.264,VP6 - Audio Codec:AAC,ADPCM)
MOV (Video codecs:H.264 - Audio Codec:AAC, MP3)
WMV, WMV9 (Video codecs:VC-1, WMV9 - Audio Codec:WMA**)
MPG, MPEG, M2V (Video codecs:MPEG-1, MPEG-2 - Audio Codec:MP2, MP3)
MKV (Video codecs: H.264 - Audio Codec:WAV-PCM, MP3, AAC)

We do not support most extensions to the QuickTime MOV format, such as multiple video streams, image streams, or other interactive content.
**We currently do not support the WMA Professional or Lossless formats.


Requirements


Upload your StudentCam documentary using the form below. Use the "Choose File" button to select your completed documentary video file located on your computer. Your documentary will begin to upload once you have selected it, agreed to the terms, and clicked “Submit”.


Please be patient as your documentary will likely take some time to complete the uploading process (times will vary depending on the size of your file and your internet connection speed, but please allow up to 10 minutes per 100mb). A confirmation screen will appear when your documentary has successfully uploaded.


All eligible entries must be submitted by midnight Pacific Standard Time at the end of the day on Wednesday, January 20th, 2016.


Accepted Video Formats and Codecs

Files as large as 2GB will successfully upload but the larger the file is, the longer the upload time will be.

Video formats officially supported.

  • MP4, M4V (Video codecs:H.264 - Audio Codec:AAC)
  • AVI (Video codecs:Xvid, DivX - Audio Codec:MP3)
  • FLV (Video codecs:H.264,VP6 - Audio Codec:AAC,ADPCM)
  • MOV* (Video codecs:H.264 - Audio Codec:AAC, MP3)
  • WMV, WMV9 (Video codecs:VC-1, WMV9 - Audio Codec:WMA**)
  • MPG, MPEG, M2V (Video codecs:MPEG-1, MPEG-2 - Audio Codec:MP2, MP3)
  • MKV (Video codecs: H.264 - Audio Codec:WAV-PCM, MP3, AAC)


*We do not support most extensions to the QuickTime MOV format, such as multiple video streams, image streams, or other interactive content.

**We currently do not support the WMA Professional or Lossless formats.


If you are unable to upload your documentary or having difficulty with the submission process, please email us at:
educate@c-span.org

Submission Period

Entry submission starts at 12:00 AM Nov 01, 2015 and ends at 03:00 AM Jan 21, 2016.

Voting Period

Voting starts at 12:00 AM Jan 20, 2016 and ends at 12:01 AM Jan 20, 2016.

Submitted Videos

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  • First name: Jennifer
  • Last name: Coleman
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Ursuline Academy
  • Documentary title: Road to the White House: Climate Change
  • Documentary topic: Climate Change
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  • First name: Savannah
  • Last name: Rackovan
  • Grade: 10
  • School name: Liberty High School
  • Documentary title: Averting the Crisis
  • Documentary topic: Terrorism
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  • First name: Alexandra
  • Last name: Soto
  • Grade: 10
  • School name: Stoughton High School
  • Documentary title: What should the next Presidential Candidate do?
  • Documentary topic: Gun Control
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  • First name: Kaia
  • Last name: Vega
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: American Canyon Middle School
  • Documentary title: California Drought
  • Documentary topic: California Drought
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  • First name: Katie
  • Last name: Bright
  • Grade: 7
  • School name: Seven Springs Middle School
  • Documentary title: Gun Control: Are Guns In Control... or Out of Control?
  • Documentary topic: Gun Control
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  • First name: Sofia
  • Last name: Suarez
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Huntington High School
  • Documentary title: The Road to Women's Equality
  • Documentary topic: Women's Equality
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  • First name: Olivia
  • Last name: Goers
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Holy Name Catholic School
  • Documentary title: Gender Pay Gap
  • Documentary topic: Income Inequality (men vs. Women)
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  • First name: Isiah
  • Last name: Hancock
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Bronx center for science and mathematics
  • Documentary title: Immigration- Trump's Way
  • Documentary topic: Donald Trump's Views on Immigration
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  • First name: Hugh
  • Last name: Bray
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Summit School
  • Documentary title: Stopping School Shootings
  • Documentary topic: School Shootings
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  • First name: Zoe
  • Last name: Heafner
  • Grade: 10
  • School name: Winterpark high school
  • Documentary title: The Public Education System
  • Documentary topic: Public Education
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  • First name: Laya
  • Last name: Madulapally
  • Grade: 9
  • School name: Tamanend Middle School
  • Documentary title: Working Women and the Gender Wage Gap
  • Documentary topic: The Gender Wage Gap
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  • First name: Alexander
  • Last name: Kaplan
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Friends School of Baltimore
  • Documentary title: Estamos Aquí
  • Documentary topic: Latino Immigration
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  • First name: Jana
  • Last name: Mirafuente
  • Grade: 10
  • School name: Early College of Forsyth
  • Documentary title: (Un)Planned Parenthood
  • Documentary topic: Limiting funding for the sex education program Planned Parenthood offers
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  • First name: Avery
  • Last name: Lumeng
  • Grade: 11
  • School name: Skyline High School
  • Documentary title: Game of Loans
  • Documentary topic: Student Debt
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  • First name: Jackson
  • Last name: Carter
  • Grade: 7
  • School name: Brandywine Heights Middle School
  • Documentary title: Mental Illness: An Inside Threat
  • Documentary topic: Mental Health
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  • First name: Abigail
  • Last name: Harris
  • Grade: 6
  • School name: Floyd Middle School
  • Documentary title: Discrimination in The World
  • Documentary topic: Discrimination
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  • First name: Nicholas
  • Last name: Quisenberry
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: American Canyon Middle School
  • Documentary title: Juvenile Crime
  • Documentary topic: Juvenile Crime
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  • First name: Mary Ella
  • Last name: Rinzler
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Alfred and Adele Davis Academy
  • Documentary title: The Gender Wage Gap
  • Documentary topic: The gender wage gap and inequalities in the workforce.
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  • First name: William
  • Last name: Simmons
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Ellicott Mills Middle School
  • Documentary title: How the Growth of Online Shopping Effects Unemployment Rates
  • Documentary topic: How the Growth of Online Shopping Effects Unemployment Rates
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  • First name: Margaret Ann
  • Last name: Mickelberg
  • Grade: 6
  • School name: Edison Middle School
  • Documentary title: Dyslexic Education
  • Documentary topic: If we should have a dyslexic educational progrm.
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  • First name: Gabriela
  • Last name: Garcia
  • Grade: 11
  • School name: Miami Sunset Senior High School
  • Documentary title: A Dream Yet To Come True
  • Documentary topic: The DREAM Act
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  • First name: Alex
  • Last name: Guo
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Orchard Hills
  • Documentary title: We Fight for Your Right
  • Documentary topic: Police Brutality
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  • First name: Mackenzie
  • Last name: Brown
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Mandarin High School
  • Documentary title: College Tuition
  • Documentary topic: College Tuition
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  • First name: Katherine
  • Last name: Penner
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Bellevue High School
  • Documentary title: Raising the Minimum Wage
  • Documentary topic: Minimum Wage
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  • First name: Adair
  • Last name: Hernandez
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics
  • Documentary title: The Wage Gap
  • Documentary topic: Wage Gap between genders
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  • First name: Phoebe
  • Last name: Haas
  • Grade: 7
  • School name: Correia Middle School
  • Documentary title: Preventing Obesity
  • Documentary topic: Preventing Obesity
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  • First name: Langdon
  • Last name: Thiel
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Sheboygan Falls Middle School
  • Documentary title: Gun Laws
  • Documentary topic: Gun Laws
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  • First name: Connor
  • Last name: Fox
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: East Middle School
  • Documentary title: The Price of College
  • Documentary topic: College Education Prices