The Research On The Narrative Features Of Reality Show Running Man

At the beginning of this century,the wave of reality shows came from Europe and the United States,sweeping the globe,showing an overwhelming influence.As a new type of program,it quickly dominates the TV screen of China in recent years,becoming the mainstream type of TV entertainment program in our country.However under the appearance of its super popularity,buried the crisis of its localization and original construction.Both belonging to the East Asian cultural circle,South Korea walked out of a completely different development path compared with China.Enumerating the most popular reality shows in our country,a majority of them came from South Korea which worth pondering.Therefore,this paper selects reality show Running Man as the research objective,which was not only the most successful reality show on the external communication during Korean’s history,but also successfully introduced to China.Proceed from the angle of narratology,the research analyzes the narrative features of Running Man,while guided by the principles of film and TV narratology,combining documentary research and case studies.Through combing Running Man’s narrative features from three aspects of it’s characters,plot and structure,the research found that the narrative features of the program mainly embodied in flexible non-leading role narration,the spectacular narration of the plots,varied narrative structures and the realization of core narrative efficacy over it.The research starts from the predicament during the development of our reality shows,trying to reveal the core advantages in narrative of Running Man,through analyzing and summarizing it’s narrative features.In the hope of providing reference and inspiration for our own reality shows.