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Welcome to C-SPAN's 2017 StudentCam Competition!

C-SPAN's 2017 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). For groups of two or three participants, please note that the first person listed on Entry Form will become the default team leader and will be the primary point of contact that we reach out to should your documentary win a prize.


You will be prompted to create a Username and Password when you fill out your Entry Form. Choose a unique username (we suggest that 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.


2017 Theme

“YOUR MESSAGE TO WASHINGTON”
What is the most urgent issue for the new president and Congress to address in 2017?



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 do not use special characters (like :?!@#$%^&*) in your title as they can cause issues when you upload your documentary


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 and you will receive an email with a link to view your video.


All eligible entries must be submitted by midnight Pacific Standard Time at the end of the day on Friday, January 20th, 2017.


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.


Please do not use special characters (like :?!@#$%^&*) in your title as they can cause issues when you upload your documentary.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 PM Nov 01, 2016 and ends at 07:30 PM Jan 30, 2017.

Voting Period

Voting starts at 05:00 AM Jan 20, 2017 and ends at 05:01 AM Jan 20, 2017.


Submitted Videos

  • School name: Healdsburg Junior High
  • School state: CA
  • Documentary title: Homelessness In The U.S.
  • School name: Terra Environmental Research Institute
  • School state: FL
  • Documentary title: Immigration
  • School name: Edison Middle School
  • School state: SD
  • Documentary title: Homelessness, How are we going to end it?
  • School name: Issaquah High School
  • School state: WA
  • Documentary title: Who Knows What Health Care Is?
  • School name: Coral Reef Senior High School
  • School state: FL
  • Documentary title: Immigration
  • School name: St. Paul Lutheran Church and School
  • School state: FL
  • Documentary title: Gun laws Affecting Terrorism
  • School name: Cahokia High School
  • School state: IL
  • Documentary title: Not For Sale
  • School name: Patrick Henry Middle School
  • School state: SD
  • Documentary title: A Statue Deep In Debt
  • School name: Northampton High School
  • School state: MA
  • Documentary title: Trust and Funding: Immigration Reform and Sanctuary Cities
  • School name: School for Advanced Studies - South
  • School state: FL
  • Documentary title: Sprawl: The Nation's Plague
  • School name: Mountain View High School
  • School state: ID
  • Documentary title: C SPAN Student Cam Global Warming
  • School name: Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School
  • School state: IA
  • Documentary title: Illegal Immigration
  • School name: Terry Sanford High School
  • School state: NC
  • Documentary title: Reforming Education
  • School name: St. Ignatius College Preparatory
  • School state: CA
  • Documentary title: More Than Just "Fake News" : A Media Epidemic
  • School name: Mullen High School
  • School state: CO
  • Documentary title: Homegrown doesn't mean good
  • School name: Salina High School Central
  • School state: KS
  • Documentary title: Gun Control: A Matter of Necessity
  • School name: Royal Oak High School
  • School state: MI
  • Documentary title: Gender Inequality
  • School name: Blue Ridge High School
  • School state: PA
  • Documentary title: The United States Government and the Heroin Epidemic
  • School name: Bellevue West High School
  • School state: NE
  • Documentary title: Vaccines
  • School name: American Canyon Middle School
  • School state: CA
  • Documentary title: Bearing Arms
  • School name: Fairfield Union High School
  • School state: OH
  • Documentary title: Immigration
  • School name: Montgomery Blair High School
  • School state: MD
  • Documentary title: Defend the Sacred
  • School name: Broken Arrow High School
  • School state: OK
  • Documentary title: Dear Mr. President...
  • School name: TERRA Environmental Research Institute
  • School state: FL
  • Documentary title: The Wage Inequality
  • School name: North Central High School
  • School state: IN
  • Documentary title: The Voting Lines
  • School name: Winter Park High School
  • School state: FL
  • Documentary title: Counterterrorism
  • School name: Cahokia High
  • School state: IL
  • Documentary title: The Degrees Of Poverty
  • School name: Northwestern Lehigh High School
  • School state: PA
  • Documentary title: A Fair Shake in America
  • School name: Sam Houston High School
  • School state: LA
  • Documentary title: Agricultural Literacy
  • School name: Stuyvesant High School
  • School state: NY
  • Documentary title: This is How We Change the World