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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

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  • School name: Al-Huda School
  • School state: MD
  • Documentary title: Abortion in the United States
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  • School name: Dominion High School
  • School state: VA
  • Documentary title: Water Depletion
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  • School name: Thomas A Edison Middle School
  • School state: SD
  • Documentary title: Wage Inequality Between Women and Men
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  • School name: Las Vegas Academy
  • School state: NV
  • Documentary title: A MESSAGE
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  • School name: Montgomery Blair High School
  • School state: MD
  • Documentary title: The Crisis and the Fear
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  • School name: Eastern Middle School
  • School state: MD
  • Documentary title: Capital Punishment or Capital Problem
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  • School name: Cinco Ranch High School
  • School state: TX
  • Documentary title: National Defense
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  • School name: Bergen County Academies
  • School state: NJ
  • Documentary title: Lack of Funding for the Arts in the American Education System
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  • School name: Corbett Preparatory School of IDS
  • School state: FL
  • Documentary title: Should we Increase U.S. Border Security?
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  • School name: Mandarin High School
  • School state: FL
  • Documentary title: Education Reform in America
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  • School name: Cabool High School
  • School state: MO
  • Documentary title: Isis In The Crisis In The Middle East
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  • School name: Eastern Middle School
  • School state: MD
  • Documentary title: $15,000 in Food
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  • School name: Bloomfield Hills High School
  • School state: MI
  • Documentary title: Education Affordability
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  • School name: Polytechnic High School
  • School state: CA
  • Documentary title: Are We All Really Equal?
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  • School name: Freedom High School
  • School state: VA
  • Documentary title: GUNS
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  • School name: Holy Ghost Preparatory
  • School state: PA
  • Documentary title: What Will We Have?
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  • School name: Monroe Township High School
  • School state: NJ
  • Documentary title: Reality On Immigration
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  • School name: Holy Name Catholic School
  • School state: IN
  • Documentary title: Gun Control by: Andrea Cannaday, Mackenzie Billerman, and Janiece Stuck
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  • School name: Booker T. Washington Magnet High School
  • School state: AL
  • Documentary title: New friends?
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  • School name: Fort Benton High School
  • School state: MT
  • Documentary title: The Flaw in American Democracy
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  • School name: Ada Merritt K-8 Center
  • School state: FL
  • Documentary title: Gun Violence and Gun Control
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  • School name: Rogers High School
  • School state: WA
  • Documentary title: Climate Change?
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  • School name: Bayside High School
  • School state: NY
  • Documentary title: The Truth about Police Brutality
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  • School name: Miss Porter's School
  • School state: CT
  • Documentary title: Healthy Foods: Up to Trump to Make a Reality
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  • School name: Tamanend Middle School
  • School state: PA
  • Documentary title: Horsham Water Headache
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  • School name: North Union Middle School
  • School state: OH
  • Documentary title: K-9s: Our Solution to Saving Officers
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  • School name: Horseheads High School
  • School state: NY
  • Documentary title: An Inside Look on the connection from Horseheads to Washington
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  • School name: Long Beach Poly Technic High School
  • School state: CA
  • Documentary title: A Chemical Disaster
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  • School name: Norwell High School
  • School state: IN
  • Documentary title: National Security
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  • School name: East Middle School
  • School state: MI
  • Documentary title: Jobless America