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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: Cheyenne
  • Last name: Krow
  • Grade: 11
  • School name: Berks Career and Technology Center
  • Documentary title: Gun Control: What Will You Do?
  • Documentary topic: Gun Control
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  • First name: Manasvini
  • Last name: Ranganathan
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Langston Charter Middle School
  • Documentary title: Trash the trash
  • Documentary topic: Trash and Pollution Reduction
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  • First name: Eden
  • Last name: Steel
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Estancia High School
  • Documentary title: Make America Proud
  • Documentary topic: Education
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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: Nicholas
  • Last name: Street
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Paul R. Baird Middle School
  • Documentary title: Let's Create Jobs
  • Documentary topic: Job Creation
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  • First name: Katherine
  • Last name: Siracusa
  • Grade: 7
  • School name: Guardian Angels Catholic School
  • Documentary title: Is gun control right or wrong?
  • Documentary topic: Gun Control
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  • First name: Alyssa
  • Last name: Marler
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Langston Charter School
  • Documentary title: School Shootings
  • Documentary topic: School Shootings: How candidates need to help limit school shootings
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  • First name: Alexandra
  • Last name: Roat
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Padua Academy
  • Documentary title: Government Surveillance: The trade-off between Liberty and Security
  • Documentary topic: NSA Surveillance
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  • First name: Savannah
  • Last name: Klinger
  • Grade: 7
  • School name: Harrisburg Academy
  • Documentary title: Pushing the Limits
  • Documentary topic: Abortion
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  • First name: Alyssa
  • Last name: Matzoni
  • Grade: 7
  • School name: Harrisburg Academy
  • Documentary title: Education is Power
  • Documentary topic: Public School Funding
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  • First name: Simon
  • Last name: Jolly
  • Grade: 10
  • School name: Hardin Valley Academy
  • Documentary title: How Will America Power Tomorrow?
  • Documentary topic: Clean Energy
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  • First name: Mattison
  • Last name: Gaillard
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Langston Charter Middle School
  • Documentary title: The Relocation of Guantanamo Bay
  • Documentary topic: Defense
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  • First name: Marissa
  • Last name: Echeverria
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Miami Lakes Educational Center
  • Documentary title: Cybersecurity
  • Documentary topic: Cybersecurity
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  • First name: Angela
  • Last name: Tobiasz
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Paul R. Baird Middle School
  • Documentary title: Free Community College
  • Documentary topic: Free Community College
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  • First name: Melissa
  • Last name: Scavongelli
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Nashoba Brooks School
  • Documentary title: The Death Penalty
  • Documentary topic: The Death Penalty
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  • First name: Nathanael
  • Last name: Molnar
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Georgetown High School
  • Documentary title: Affordable College
  • Documentary topic: Affordable College
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  • First name: Nolan
  • Last name: O'Hara
  • Grade: 7
  • School name: Old Turnpike School
  • Documentary title: Unemployment across America
  • Documentary topic: Unemployment
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  • First name: Keila
  • Last name: Wallace
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Midlothian High School
  • Documentary title: Homelessness on the Road to the White House
  • Documentary topic: Addressing Homelessness
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  • First name: Katie
  • Last name: Garner
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Lakeside High School
  • Documentary title: Gay Marriage
  • Documentary topic: Gay Marriage rights still in question.
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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
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  • First name: daisy
  • Last name: trevino
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: palm view high school
  • Documentary title: me and my thoughts
  • Documentary topic: the demands we need in our country
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  • First name: Oriana
  • Last name: Zwerdling
  • Grade: 10
  • School name: Montgomery Blair High School
  • Documentary title: The Road to America
  • Documentary topic: "The Road to America" focuses on the issue of immigration reform in the coming presidential term.
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  • First name: Lauren
  • Last name: Owens
  • Grade: 10
  • School name: State College of Florida Collegiate School
  • Documentary title: Is It A Boy Or A Girl?
  • Documentary topic: Gender Stereotyping
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  • First name: Michael
  • Last name: Dunne
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: St. Ignatius College Preparatory
  • Documentary title: ISIS: Should We Declare War?
  • Documentary topic: Our documentary is about whether the U.S. should declare war on ISIS or not. We provide intervention and non-interventionist views.
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  • First name: Harrison
  • Last name: Coviello
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: Forte Junior High
  • Documentary title: Behind The Crisis
  • Documentary topic: Syrian Refugee Crisis
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  • First name: Catherine
  • Last name: Kim
  • Grade: 12
  • School name: Norfolk Collegiate School
  • Documentary title: The ISIS Crisis: Syrian Refugees
  • Documentary topic: Syrian Refugees
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  • First name: Cole
  • Last name: Hoover
  • Grade: 8
  • School name: East Middle School
  • Documentary title: Funding Cancer
  • Documentary topic: Cancer research
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  • First name: Jackson
  • Last name: Carter
  • Grade: 7
  • School name: Brandywine Heights Middle School
  • Documentary title: Mental Illness: An Inside Threat
  • Documentary topic: Mental Health
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  • First name: Ethan
  • Last name: Dennis
  • Grade: 11
  • School name: Jenks High School
  • Documentary title: Before the Fall: A Season for Prevention in Mental Health Care
  • Documentary topic: Mental Illness