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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: Fort Benton High school
  • School state: MT
  • Documentary title: Grain Prices
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  • School name: Patrick Henry Middle School
  • School state: SD
  • Documentary title: Gun Violence by Julia Stanek
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  • School name: Montgomery Blair High School
  • School state: MD
  • Documentary title: Death Penalty: The Cost of Innocent Lives
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  • School name: Milan High School
  • School state: MI
  • Documentary title: Diversity in Schools and the Workplace
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  • School name: Salina High School Central
  • School state: KS
  • Documentary title: Let America Thrive
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  • School name: Riverfield Country Day
  • School state: OK
  • Documentary title: Russia Past and Present
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  • School name: Norwell High School
  • School state: IN
  • Documentary title: Tensions in America
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  • School name: East Middle School
  • School state: MI
  • Documentary title: U.S Relations With China
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  • School name: Bellevue High School
  • School state: WA
  • Documentary title: Cspandrought
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  • School name: Kirkwood High Schools
  • School state: MO
  • Documentary title: Voter Suppression
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  • School name: Long Beach Polytechnic High School
  • School state: CA
  • Documentary title: The Land of the Free
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  • School name: Orchard Hills Middle School
  • School state: CA
  • Documentary title: Lowering Tuition
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  • School name: Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics
  • School state: NY
  • Documentary title: defuNding planned parenthOod
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  • School name: Coral Reef Senior High School
  • School state: FL
  • Documentary title: Minimum Wage
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  • School name: Coral Reef Senior High School
  • School state: FL
  • Documentary title: Obesity in America
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  • School name: Elizabethtown Area High School
  • School state: PA
  • Documentary title: Education Reform
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  • School name: Alhuda school
  • School state: MD
  • Documentary title: Police brutality
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  • School name: East Middle School
  • School state: MI
  • Documentary title: Animal Experimentation
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  • School name: Lynhurst 7th
  • School state: IN
  • Documentary title: Student Education
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  • School name: Narragansett High School
  • School state: RI
  • Documentary title: Saving Wasted Lives
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  • School name: Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics
  • School state: NY
  • Documentary title: Make America Healthy Again
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  • School name: Redbank Valley High School
  • School state: PA
  • Documentary title: A breif look at unemployment
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  • School name: Mandarin High School
  • School state: FL
  • Documentary title: Community Relations With Law Enforcement
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  • School name: Miss Porter's School
  • School state: CT
  • Documentary title: The Digital Age of Isis
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  • School name: School for Advanced Studies
  • School state: FL
  • Documentary title: the effects of the TPP on the middle class
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  • School name: Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics
  • School state: NY
  • Documentary title: Gang Land
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  • School name: Eastern Middle School
  • School state: MD
  • Documentary title: Marijuana-Lighting the Way
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  • School name: Dominion High School
  • School state: VA
  • Documentary title: Changing the Bars of Higher Education
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  • School name: Roosevelt Middle School
  • School state: IA
  • Documentary title: The Death Penalty
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  • School name: Whitman middle school
  • School state: WA
  • Documentary title: Ratifying the ERA