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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: Las Vegas Academy of the Arts
  • School state: NV
  • Documentary title: The Most Urgent Issue
  • School name: State College of Florida Collegiate School
  • School state: FL
  • Documentary title: Income Inequaity
  • School name: Montgomery Blair High School
  • School state: MD
  • Documentary title: Liftoff
  • School name: Holicong Middle School
  • School state: PA
  • Documentary title: What to do with the 11 Million
  • School name: James Hubert Blake High School
  • School state: MD
  • Documentary title: College Tuition and the lower-class
  • School name: Horseheads High School
  • School state: NY
  • Documentary title: Terrorism 2017(2)
  • School name: Whitney High School
  • School state: CA
  • Documentary title: Welcome to America?
  • School name: Las Vegas Academy of the Arts
  • School state: NV
  • Documentary title: Trump's America
  • School name: Winter Park Hight School
  • School state: FL
  • Documentary title: The silent Epidemic
  • School name: School for Advanced Studies
  • School state: FL
  • Documentary title: Homelessness in Miami
  • School name: Chasco Midle School
  • School state: FL
  • Documentary title: Enviroment
  • School name: Nashoba Brooks School
  • School state: MA
  • Documentary title: Crossing the border, reaching the light
  • School name: Starpoint Middle School
  • School state: NY
  • Documentary title: The Effect Climate Change Has On Our Country
  • School name: Woodrow Wilson Senior High School
  • School state: DC
  • Documentary title: LAYC values minorities education
  • School name: East Middle School
  • School state: MI
  • Documentary title: Greenhouse Gases and Their Effect on the Ocean
  • School name: International School of the Americas
  • School state: TX
  • Documentary title: WORLD PEACE
  • School name: TC Williams High School
  • School state: VA
  • Documentary title: Life After the Service
  • School name: Terry Sanford High school
  • School state: NC
  • Documentary title: Reform of American prisons
  • School name: Chasco Middle School
  • School state: FL
  • Documentary title: Repeal and Replace
  • School name: Dominion High School
  • School state: VA
  • Documentary title: The Need for Improvement
  • School name: Leonard Herman Intermediate School/Adventure
  • School state: CA
  • Documentary title: The Refugee Crisis
  • School name: Montgomery Blair High School
  • School state: MD
  • Documentary title: Defend the Sacred
  • School name: Patrick Henry Middle School
  • School state: SD
  • Documentary title: Why Shootings?
  • School name: Libery High
  • School state: MO
  • Documentary title: Education Reform
  • School name: Dinwiddie Middle School
  • School state: VA
  • Documentary title: "Protect Our Circus"
  • School name: The Alfred and Adele Davis Academy
  • School state: GA
  • Documentary title: The Unjustice System
  • School name: Taylor Preparatory High School
  • School state: MI
  • Documentary title: Unifying Korea
  • School name: Horseheads High School
  • School state: NY
  • Documentary title: 2016 elections great & small
  • School name: Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics
  • School state: NY
  • Documentary title: The Flaws of Standardized Testing
  • School name: Terra Environmental Research Institute
  • School state: FL
  • Documentary title: Learning to build the foundation