C-SPAN's 2016 StudentCam Competition

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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: William Last name: Moore Grade: 8 School name: Lora Batchelor Middle School Documentary title: Aiming For Change Documentary topic: Gun Control	First name: Cindy Last name: Madden Grade: 7 School name: Seven Springs Middle School Documentary title: Wasteful Government Spending Documentary topic: Debt and waste in government	First name: Jill Last name: Hubert Grade: 12 School name: Ursuline Academy Documentary title: Education Reform Documentary topic: Education Reform
First name: kortnee Last name: vance Grade: 10 School name: Tatum Highschool Documentary title: Defunding to save the innocent Documentary topic: Defunding Planned parenthood	First name: Nicole Last name: Chung Grade: 8 School name: South Forsyth Middle School Documentary title: The Silent Scream Documentary topic: Abortion	First name: Kevin Last name: Ye Grade: 12 School name: Francis Lewis High School Documentary title: Student Loan Debt Documentary topic: Student Loan Debt
First name: Noelle Last name: Buban Grade: 10 School name: Advanced Technologies Academy Documentary title: In Hope of a Better Land Documentary topic: Immigration	First name: AJ Last name: Marsh Grade: 8 School name: orchard hills middle school Documentary title: school lunches: fake or safe? Documentary topic: we go into depth on whats in schools and if we can make them healthier	First name: Corey Last name: Kurtzman Grade: 12 School name: St. Ignatius College Preparatory Documentary title: ISIS: The Conflict in the Middle East Documentary topic: ISIS
First name: Anna Last name: Lapadula Grade: 8 School name: Hampstead Academy Documentary title: Syrian Refugee and Migrant Crisis Documentary topic: The Syrian refugees and migrants stuck in Syria along with security	First name: Sophia Last name: Pladars Grade: 8 School name: East Middle School Documentary title: Should Books Be Banned? Documentary topic: Banned Books	First name: Zane Last name: Sieger Grade: 7 School name: Correia Middle School Documentary title: C-SPAN Global Warming Logan Haynes, Will Meadows, Zane Sieger Documentary topic: Global Warming and/or Climate Change
First name: Sadie Last name: Heckman Grade: 8 School name: Correia Middle School Documentary title: Desalination: Cleaning Undrinkable Water Documentary topic: Desalination in the United States	First name: Christina Last name: Pfister Grade: 12 School name: Mandarin High Documentary title: Health Insurance in America Documentary topic: Health Insurance	First name: Jairylee Last name: Rodriguez Grade: 12 School name: Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics Documentary title: Debt sentence: 25 to life Documentary topic: College Affordability
First name: Jordyn Last name: Duby Grade: 7 School name: Correia Middle Documentary title: Feeling the Heat: Global Warming Documentary topic: Global Warming	First name: Gerald Last name: Barthelemy Grade: 12 School name: iPrepatory Academy Documentary title: Marijuana Legalization Documentary topic: Marijuana Legalization	First name: Dalya Last name: Block Grade: 10 School name: Montgomery Blair High School Documentary title: Ethanol:The Fuel of the Fututre Documentary topic: Examining the effects of corn ethanol and looking to cellulosic ethanol as a replacement.
First name: Kaitlyn Last name: McHugh Grade: 8 School name: nettelhorst Documentary title: bullying Documentary topic: bullying	First name: Jessica Last name: Rea Grade: 12 School name: Midlothian High School Documentary title: Animal Agriculture and Its Affect on the Enviornment Documentary topic: Animal Agriculture	First name: Skylar Last name: Pinz Grade: 10 School name: Liberty High School Documentary title: Gender Wage Gap: Fact or Fiction? Documentary topic: Wage Inequality Between Men and Women
First name: Joy Last name: Shi Grade: 8 School name: Eastern Middle School Documentary title: Common Core or Common Bore? Documentary topic: An examination of the controversy surrounding the Common Core Standards.	First name: Kayla Last name: Morell Grade: 11 School name: World Journalism Preparatory School Documentary title: College Tuition Costs Documentary topic: College Tuition	First name: Timothy Last name: Zhou Grade: 11 School name: Thomas S. Wootton High School Documentary title: Waging a Living Documentary topic: Minimum Wage
First name: Riley Last name: Etheridge Grade: 8 School name: State collage of Florida collegiate school Documentary title: Put that wall up! Documentary topic: Illegal immigration/border security	First name: Savannah Last name: Steckler Grade: 8 School name: Bay View Middle School Documentary title: Poverty Documentary topic: Poverty

The submission and voting periods are now over. Check out the results.