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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: Anna
  • Last name: Zeh
  • Grade: 7
  • School name: Mill Middle School
  • Documentary title: Higher Education Creates New Concerns For The Future
  • Documentary topic: Higher Education Costs
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  • First name: Meagan
  • Last name: Brodie
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Amsterdam High School
  • Documentary title: Common Core...Address it!
  • Documentary topic: Common Core
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  • First name: Evan
  • Last name: Daymon
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Calexico high school
  • Documentary title: Immigrants in the Uinted States
  • Documentary topic: discrimination against immigrants in the USA
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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: Stephanie
  • Last name: Espinoza
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Queen of Peace High School
  • Documentary title: Abortion
  • Documentary topic: Abortion
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  • First name: Sarah
  • Last name: King
  • Grade: 11
  • School name: Carmel High School
  • Documentary title: Tuition Troubles
  • Documentary topic: Proposed plans to provide free tuition to students
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  • 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.
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  • First name: Daniel
  • Last name: Camou
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: St. Ignatius College Preparatory
  • Documentary title: The Colors Between Black and Blue
  • Documentary topic: Black Lives Matter and Police Brutality
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  • First name: Zack -Jay
  • Last name: Stuck-Jones-Moore
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Holy Name
  • Documentary title: Mental Illness
  • Documentary topic: mental illness
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  • First name: justin
  • Last name: york
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Milan high school
  • Documentary title: Gun Free Zones Are They Really The Answer
  • Documentary topic: gun free zones
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  • First name: Wyatt
  • Last name: Hargrove
  • Grade: 11
  • School name: Jenks High School
  • Documentary title: No Child Left untested
  • Documentary topic: Education
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  • First name: Isaiah
  • Last name: Suppipat
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Bellevue Senior High School
  • Documentary title: Transportation and Energy Consumption
  • Documentary topic: Transportation
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  • First name: Jacob
  • Last name: Sapin
  • Grade: 7
  • School name: SSDS
  • Documentary title: Global Warming
  • Documentary topic: Climate Change
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  • First name: Joshua Domminguez
  • Last name: Dominguez
  • Grade: 10
  • School name: Montgomery Blair High School
  • Documentary title: Fight for the Right
  • Documentary topic: Right to Work Legislation
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  • 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
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  • First name: Kennedy
  • Last name: Flores
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Holy Name Catholic School
  • Documentary title: School Nutrition
  • Documentary topic: School Nutrition
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  • First name: Sanjana
  • Last name: Ranganathan
  • Grade: 7
  • School name: Gale Ranch Middle School
  • Documentary title: The On-Demand Economy
  • Documentary topic: The on-demand economy and the lack of regulations to govern it
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  • First name: Tallulah
  • Last name: Nouss
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Corbett Preparatory School of IDS
  • Documentary title: Making Life Equal
  • Documentary topic: Unequal Pay for Women
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  • First name: Joshua
  • Last name: Payne
  • Grade: 7
  • School name: Good Shepherd Catholic School
  • Documentary title: Immigration Reform: Now is the Time
  • Documentary topic: Immigration Reform
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  • First name: zemzem
  • Last name: Tassew
  • Grade: 9
  • School name: Al Huda
  • Documentary title: The Cost of Not Caring
  • Documentary topic: mental health economics
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  • First name: Kayla
  • Last name: Davis
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: iPreparatory Academy
  • Documentary title: The Future
  • Documentary topic: Abortion
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  • First name: Jayson
  • Last name: Fung
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Saint Ignatius College Preparatory
  • Documentary title: Income Inequality in America
  • Documentary topic: Income Inequality in America
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  • First name: Olivia
  • Last name: Spitler
  • Grade: 9
  • School name: Trinity Christian School
  • Documentary title: Gun Control
  • Documentary topic: Gun Control
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  • First name: Anupam
  • Last name: Kulkarni
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: John Adams Middle School
  • Documentary title: Common War
  • Documentary topic: Education/Common Core
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  • First name: Mark
  • Last name: Wedzielewski
  • Grade: 9
  • School name: Tamanend Middle School
  • Documentary title: Domestic Surveillance
  • Documentary topic: Domestic Surveillance
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  • First name: Naomi
  • Last name: Brady
  • Grade: 11
  • School name: Imagine International Academy of North Texas
  • Documentary title: Should We Have The Right To Kill?
  • Documentary topic: America's Death Penalty
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  • 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
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  • First name: Micah
  • Last name: Penhallegon
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Milan High School
  • Documentary title: Education: Invest in our Future
  • Documentary topic: Education