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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: 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: Asher
  • Last name: Jabonete
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Dunbar Middle School for Innovation
  • Documentary title: Poverty
  • Documentary topic: What Can The Government Do More To Fight Poverty?
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  • First name: Orion
  • Last name: Dinh
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Harrisburg Academy
  • Documentary title: Super PACs
  • Documentary topic: Super PACs
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  • First name: Madison
  • Last name: Harada
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: South Williamsport Area High School
  • Documentary title: What the People of Williamsport Want
  • Documentary topic: The opinions of those who live in our small community of Williamsport, Pennsylvania
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  • First name: Ethan
  • Last name: Cranston
  • Grade: 9
  • School name: Golden View Classical Academy
  • Documentary title: Technology vs. Privacy - Coexisting with Domestic Drones
  • Documentary topic: Drone control, and how domestic drones should be handled.
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  • First name: Angel
  • Last name: Calcorzi
  • Grade: 10
  • School name: State Collage of Florida Colligate School
  • Documentary title: Help Put a Roof Over Their Heads
  • Documentary topic: Poverty in the US
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  • First name: Caitlin
  • Last name: Finch
  • Grade: 7
  • School name: Western Hills Middle School
  • Documentary title: A Pathway to Citizenship
  • Documentary topic: Immigration
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  • First name: Emily
  • Last name: Wheat
  • Grade: 7
  • School name: Fort Payne Middle School
  • Documentary title: Cyber Security
  • Documentary topic: Cyber Security
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  • First name: Lynn
  • Last name: Kluttz
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Summit School
  • Documentary title: Poverty and Homelessness
  • Documentary topic: Poverty and Homelessness
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  • First name: John
  • Last name: Hunter
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Bellevue High School
  • Documentary title: Race Relations
  • Documentary topic: Race Relations
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  • First name: Nika
  • Last name: Arnold
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Canterbury Middle School
  • Documentary title: Gun Control by Nika and Sam
  • Documentary topic: Gun Control
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  • 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.
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  • First name: Juliet
  • Last name: Present
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: North Bethesda Middle School
  • Documentary title: Prison Bound
  • Documentary topic: School to Prison Pipeline
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  • First name: Emma
  • Last name: Tatterson
  • Grade: 7
  • School name: Good Shepherd Catholic School
  • Documentary title: The Restrictive Epidemic of... Abortion
  • Documentary topic: Abortion
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  • First name: Daarsh
  • Last name: Goradia
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: John Adams Middle School
  • Documentary title: My CSPAN Video
  • Documentary topic: Equal Pay for Women and Men
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  • First name: Belle
  • Last name: kinney Winick
  • Grade: 7
  • School name: Ada Merritt K-8 center
  • Documentary title: Abortion
  • Documentary topic: Abortion
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  • First name: Nicole
  • Last name: Anniello
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Francis Bradley Middle School
  • Documentary title: C-span: Climate Change, Alaska
  • Documentary topic: Climate change and its effect on the state of Alaska
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  • First name: Kamalpreet
  • Last name: Kaur
  • Grade: 11
  • School name: World Journalism Preparatory School
  • Documentary title: Foreign Aid
  • Documentary topic: Foreign Aid
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  • First name: Meredith
  • Last name: Arterburn
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Ellicott Mills Middle School
  • Documentary title: Raising the Minimum Wage: Will It Cause the Destruction of Human Jobs?
  • Documentary topic: The Effect of Raising the Minimum Wage on Technology Taking Low Wage Jobs
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  • First name: Charlie
  • Last name: Westmoreland
  • Grade: 7
  • School name: Good Shepherd Catholic School
  • Documentary title: The Rise of China, the Death of Trade
  • Documentary topic: Trading with China
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  • First name: Amy
  • Last name: Liu
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: David Starr Jordan Middle School
  • Documentary title: Different Race, Same rights
  • Documentary topic: Racial Profiling
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  • First name: Seth
  • Last name: Cole
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Norwell High School
  • Documentary title: Gun Control in Schools
  • Documentary topic: School Shootings and Gun Control
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  • First name: Sanjana
  • Last name: Oak
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: John Adams Middle School
  • Documentary title: What about ISIS?
  • Documentary topic: How the presidential candidates plan on defeating the terrorist group ISIS.
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  • First name: Robert
  • Last name: Foley
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Richmond School
  • Documentary title: Minimum Wage: Should we raise it?
  • Documentary topic: minimum wage
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  • First name: Carter
  • Last name: Brost
  • Grade: 7
  • School name: Patrick Henry Middle School
  • Documentary title: US National Defense has a lot of suspense
  • Documentary topic: US National Defense
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  • First name: Chandler
  • Last name: Kohler
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Norwell High School
  • Documentary title: Immigration in America
  • Documentary topic: Immigration
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  • First name: Mireille (Mimi)
  • Last name: Leinhos
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Jordan Middle School
  • Documentary title: Just Because You Can't See it Doesn't Mean it Isn't There
  • Documentary topic: Pollution