Narrative

NARRATIVE

According to Oxford Dictionaries, it can defined as
1.A narrated part of a literally work, as distinct from dialogue
2.The practice if art and story telling
3.A representation of a particular situation or process in such way as to reflect or conform to an    overarching set of aims and values.

According to book Television Studies, the key concepts, 2nd edition, the authors says that:

"A narrative is integral the process of story telling.It 

structures content sequentially, so that words and images

do not appear arbitrarily but in an order that makes sense

to audiences. This structure allow ideas,themes or characters

to develop or move forward in a coherent fashion"

Both definitions have similar point where narrative plays important role no matter in drama, reality show or movie to illustrate the stories and at the same time attract the audience.Using the skill and technique of narrative also can make them curious about it and follow the next episodes. According to the Television Studies, it mentioned that a game show will engage the audiences by involving them into the competition. With the tension that created around the contestants, the audiences will found their enigma" who is the winner".

Therefore, in the reality game show that i chose, Running Man, in episode 204 the show is featured about the story Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and turned into a competition where how the team members and guests of Running Man save the Snow White ( one of the Running Man member features the Snow White). Video Clip below is about how they narrated the story of Snow White as the trailer of the episode to make the audiences curious what will happen to the Snow White and how the members and guests save her.

Running Man EP204 trailer

source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyilkMXAT30

References:

Oxford Dictionaries (2014) Definition of Narrative.Oxford University Press.[Online] Available at: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/narrative [Accessed on 16th July 2014]

 Fadliemuhamad4 (2014) Eng Sub Running Man EP204- Snow White's Kiss.[Video Online] Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyilkMXAT30 [Accessed on 16th July 2014]

Casey,B.,Casey,N.,Calvert,B.,French,L.,Lewis,J.(2008) Television Studies,The Key Concept,2nd Edition.London and New York: Routledge