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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

  • First name: Sidney
  • Last name: Pimental
  • Grade: 10
  • School name: Narragansett High School
  • Documentary title: A Look into the Election: Unemployment in the United States
  • Documentary topic: Unemployment
  • First name: Samantha
  • Last name: Bergner
  • Grade: 9
  • School name: International Schools of the Americas
  • Documentary title: Extremely Poor with High Hopes
  • Documentary topic: Poverty and Homelessness
  • First name: Daniel
  • Last name: Li
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: South Forsyth Middle School
  • Documentary title: Global Warming - Man's Biggest Threat
  • Documentary topic: Global Warming
  • First name: Valerie
  • Last name: Hilbert
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Mandarin high school
  • Documentary title: Should minimum wage be raised?
  • Documentary topic: Minimum wage
  • First name: Marisol
  • Last name: Sandoval
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: St. Ignatius College Prep
  • Documentary title: Gentrification in San Francisco
  • Documentary topic: Gentrification / Housing Crisis
  • First name: Taylor
  • Last name: Millican
  • Grade: 11
  • School name: Jenks High School
  • Documentary title: Talent on the Table
  • Documentary topic: Disability Employment
  • First name: Helena
  • Last name: Schatzki
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: SCAPA
  • Documentary title: Take Heart in the Arts
  • Documentary topic: Should the arts be a part of the core curriculm and a main aspect of the budget?
  • First name: Sarah
  • Last name: Gonzalez
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Corbett Preparatory School of IDS
  • Documentary title: Education for America
  • Documentary topic: The pros and con about America's education system
  • First name: Beecher
  • Last name: Owens
  • Grade: 11
  • School name: Mannford High School
  • Documentary title: OPERATION: Job Creation
  • Documentary topic: Job creation in the private sector.
  • First name: Jonathan
  • Last name: Polston
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Somerset Christian School
  • Documentary title: "2016: Let's focus on the Constitution"
  • Documentary topic: 2016 Presidential Race; The Left, Right, and Constitution
  • First name: Alexander
  • Last name: Kaplan
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Friends School of Baltimore
  • Documentary title: Estamos Aquí
  • Documentary topic: Latino Immigration
  • First name: Randy
  • Last name: Cabrera
  • Grade: 10
  • School name: West Port High School
  • Documentary title: Common Core or Common Sense?
  • Documentary topic: Education reform in America on the eve of the presidential election
  • First name: Ivan
  • Last name: Calderon
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Franklin High School
  • Documentary title: New Hope in New Land
  • Documentary topic: immigration
  • First name: Nick
  • Last name: Barone
  • Grade: 6
  • School name: Gilmour Academy
  • Documentary title: Student Debt
  • Documentary topic: Education
  • First name: Willy
  • Last name: MacCluskey
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Richmond School
  • Documentary title: Keystone Pipeline
  • Documentary topic: Keystone Pipeline
  • First name: Nathalie
  • Last name: Molina
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Eastern Middle School
  • Documentary title: Those Undocumented
  • Documentary topic: Undocumented Immigration
  • First name: Faith
  • Last name: Grant
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Larkspur Middle School
  • Documentary title: Terror and Refuge: What Will They Do?
  • Documentary topic: Syrian Refugees into the U.S.
  • First name: Annyah
  • Last name: St. Louis
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Eastern Middle School
  • Documentary title: Abortion in the United States of America
  • Documentary topic: Abortion or Right to Life
  • First name: Emily
  • Last name: Krueger
  • Grade: 7
  • School name: Patrick Henry Middle School
  • Documentary title: A World Without Teachers is One Without a Future
  • Documentary topic: Teacher Pay
  • First name: Cassidy
  • Last name: Powers
  • Grade: 9
  • School name: Long Beach Polytechnic High School
  • Documentary title: Human Trafficking: The End to Modern Slavery
  • Documentary topic: Human Trafficking
  • First name: Brad
  • Last name: Walz
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Ardsley High School
  • Documentary title: ISIS And its Role in the 2016 Election
  • Documentary topic: ISIS
  • First name: William
  • Last name: Stark
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Engineering and Science University Magnet School
  • Documentary title: Road to the White House: The Importance of Science
  • Documentary topic: The importance of presidential scientific support.
  • First name: John
  • Last name: Lamond
  • Grade: 10
  • School name: Abington Senior High School
  • Documentary title: Student Cam Bullying
  • Documentary topic: Bullying
  • First name: Brandi
  • Last name: Goodburn
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Milan High School
  • Documentary title: Climate Change
  • Documentary topic: Climate Change
  • First name: Matthew
  • Last name: Moro
  • Grade: 9
  • School name: Joseph R Bolger Middle school
  • Documentary title: Education Reform On the road to the whitehouse
  • Documentary topic: Education reform and how it affects us
  • First name: Ashley
  • Last name: Giron
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Fivay High School
  • Documentary title: Child Abuse
  • Documentary topic: Child Abuse
  • First name: Georgie
  • Last name: Abbey
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Royal Oak High School
  • Documentary title: A Woman's Right
  • Documentary topic: Abortion
  • First name: McKenna
  • Last name: Tuggle
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Canterbury Middle School
  • Documentary title: The Full Story
  • Documentary topic: NSA Surveillance
  • First name: Drake
  • Last name: Morrison
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Claire Lilienthal
  • Documentary title: Safety or Death
  • Documentary topic: Gun Control