The Creation of a Satirical Performance on TikTok Application

Abstract

This creative research article “The Creation of a Satirical Performance on Tik-Tok Application” has an objective of exploring creative approaches in making of social sarcasm performance to present as short video clips on TikTok application. The research methodology is practice as research, by creating series of short video clips and posted on the TikTok application. Then, the researchers would analyse and reflect on the results from audience's feedback and number of views to develop the next video. The objective of sarcasm includes social reality sarcasm, trendy sarcasm on the TikTok applications, and sarcasm on the individuals’ characteristics, groups of people, society and situations which includes (1) Female Gender (2) Karen (3) Male Gender (4) Morality Drama (5) Social Trends. According to the research results, social sarcasm clips are often derived from the creator's experiences and surroundings to amplify sarcasm aspects to presenting a different perspective, or to represen thoughts and feelings that cannot be expressed. A successful TikTok clip characteristics are that they must be able to communicate and comprehend in a short time, actions must be clearly conveyed such as the actor's expressions and emotions.