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Application task for the Media Entertainment degree programme

Create a show (non-fictional!) that can be repeated every weekday with a new episode on television. The form and topic are freely selectable - new and original narrative styles and formatting are expressly encouraged.

Please work on the topic independently, taking into account all of the following aspects/sub-tasks:

  1. Determine a programme slot
  2. Define the target audience to be addressed
  3. Set out the topic, the key facts, the rough programme of the show and the participants
  4. Emphasise the special features of your idea that make it unique compared to the current market competition (please describe these)

The submitted task provides information on the extent to which the applicant is able to penetrate and deal with entertainment tasks. The quality, originality and coherence of the concept idea, the depth of the necessary accompanying research and the accuracy, coherence and quality of the presentation will be assessed.

Form & deadlines

Form and submission format of the task

You are free in the design of the task, no exposé or other detailed presentation in prose form is necessary. Please compile all subtasks in one PDF. Individual files such as JPGs etc. will not be considered in the assessment!

Maximum number of pages: 5 pages
Maximum file size: 10 MB

Please write on the first page:

  • Your name
  • Your address
  • Your e-mail address
  • A declaration on your honour in which you confirm that you have completed the task independently

Deadlines and delivery procedure

Name your PDF file as follows: Name_First_name.pdf

The submission takes place via upload at the following web address: https://filestore.hdm-stuttgart.de/s/tem8vNdgDvLMl9c
The password is: EntertainmentUpload2025!

Please note that you will not receive a separate e-mail with a confirmation of receipt after your upload.

The deadline for submission is 25 June 2025 at 18:00.

The online selection interviews are scheduled for 7-9 July 2025.
If you are selected for these, you will receive all further information by email by 30.06.2025.

Important: Incorrectly labelled papers and papers without name, address and e-mail cannot be considered!