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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: Makaela
  • Last name: Bradburn
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Morrison Academy
  • Documentary title: Capital Punishment: Legal Murder
  • Documentary topic: Capital Punishment
  • First name: Rana
  • Last name: Saleh
  • Grade: 11
  • School name: NYC iSchool
  • Documentary title: "Invisible Victims"
  • Documentary topic: Rape Culture
  • First name: Nina
  • Last name: Stuckel
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Resurrection College Prep High School
  • Documentary title: Higher Education in the US: A Debt Sentence
  • Documentary topic: College Costs and Student Loans
  • First name: Hayden
  • Last name: Strawhecker
  • Grade: 9
  • School name: Carroll High School
  • Documentary title: Student Cam Video 2016
  • Documentary topic: Drones benefiting natural disasters
  • First name: Alex
  • Last name: Sherwin
  • Grade: 9
  • School name: Richard Montgomery High School
  • Documentary title: E-Cigarettes, Teens Say No!
  • Documentary topic: E-Cigarettes and Tobacco Regulations
  • First name: Theresa
  • Last name: Dollar
  • Grade: 10
  • School name: Poolesville High School
  • Documentary title: Preparing Our Students For Their Futures
  • Documentary topic: Common Core
  • First name: harli
  • Last name: wallingford
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Bellevue High School
  • Documentary title: What Candidates Think About Climate Change
  • Documentary topic: Climate Change
  • First name: Brianna
  • Last name: Roberts
  • Grade: 7
  • School name: Seven Springs Middle School
  • Documentary title: Our Anemic Economy's Achilles Heel
  • Documentary topic: Income Inequality
  • First name: Delia
  • Last name: Brennan
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Discovery Middle School
  • Documentary title: The Rise of College Tuition
  • Documentary topic: College Tuition
  • First name: Halle
  • Last name: Wilson
  • Grade: 7
  • School name: Chasco Middle school
  • Documentary title: Refugees
  • Documentary topic: Making it harder for refugees to enter the country, so we can be safer
  • First name: Grace
  • Last name: Louko
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Sheboygan Falls Middle School
  • Documentary title: Unemployment
  • Documentary topic: Unemployment
  • First name: Fernando
  • Last name: Rocha
  • Grade: 11
  • School name: H-B Woodlawn
  • Documentary title: Immigration Reform
  • Documentary topic: Road to the whitehouse: Immigration
  • First name: Gregory
  • Last name: Allen
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Ipreparatory Academy
  • Documentary title: Oil Dependency
  • Documentary topic: Our reliance on foreign oil and alternatives
  • First name: Leo
  • Last name: Webber
  • Grade: 10
  • School name: Montgomery Blair High School
  • Documentary title: Capital Punishment: A Capital Crime
  • Documentary topic: The documentary is about the constitutionality and morality of the death penalty.
  • First name: Camden
  • Last name: Archambeau
  • Grade: 9
  • School name: Weston High School
  • Documentary title: Tuition Inflation: A Nationwide Crisis
  • Documentary topic: College Tuition Inflation
  • 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: Leighton
  • Last name: Trimarco
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Saint Elizabeth High School
  • Documentary title: Syrian Refugee Crisis
  • Documentary topic: Syrian Refugees
  • First name: Claire
  • Last name: Lanzendorf
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Nashoba Brooks School
  • Documentary title: Marriage Equality
  • Documentary topic: Same-Sex Marriage
  • First name: Chloe
  • Last name: Owen
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Corey Middle School
  • Documentary title: "Liberty And Justice For All."
  • Documentary topic: Women's Rights
  • First name: Samuel
  • Last name: Zang
  • Grade: 11
  • School name: TC Williams
  • Documentary title: Cancer The Fight
  • Documentary topic: Cancer Funding
  • First name: Jason
  • Last name: Morales
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Orchard Hills
  • Documentary title: The Immigration Crisis
  • Documentary topic: Immigration
  • First name: Katherine
  • Last name: Garver
  • Grade: 11
  • School name: Notre Dame Academy
  • Documentary title: College Debt Info
  • Documentary topic: College Debt and loans
  • First name: Arkhum
  • Last name: Smith
  • Grade: 10
  • School name: Early College of Forsyth
  • Documentary title: Scandal & Corruption
  • Documentary topic: Political Corruption
  • First name: Rebecca
  • Last name: Weintraub
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Elysian Charter School
  • Documentary title: Our Own Fate
  • Documentary topic: Syrian Refugee Crisis
  • First name: Jace
  • Last name: Julius
  • Grade: 6
  • School name: Edison middle school
  • Documentary title: What Is The U.S Going to do About the ISIS Terrorist group.
  • Documentary topic: ISIS
  • First name: Nate
  • Last name: Ryden
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Stow Munroe-Falls High School
  • Documentary title: PAS-documentary
  • Documentary topic: Physician Assisted Suicide
  • First name: Otis
  • Last name: Luke
  • Grade: 11
  • School name: Ramsay High
  • Documentary title: immagration
  • Documentary topic: immagration
  • First name: Michelina
  • Last name: Panner
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Eastern Middle School
  • Documentary title: A Nation Divided
  • Documentary topic: Same-Sex Marriage
  • First name: Mitchell
  • Last name: Grawe
  • Grade: 10
  • School name: Carroll High School
  • Documentary title: Drone Security
  • Documentary topic: How drones can improve security.