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Meg Rickard\u2019s adaptation of Tracey Farren\u2019s novel <em>Whiplash<\/em> uses a hand-held camera to produce subjective images and a raw, unique aesthetic, enabling the audience to share first hand the character\u2019s feelings generated by her violent experiences.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI read [the novel] <em>Whiplash<\/em> and became besotted by the uncannily real main character, Tess, and by her journey. (&#8230;) The source material is riveting in conveying Tess\u2019 internal thoughts and memories, and so the challenge was to find cinematic ways of getting under Tess\u2019 skin through performance, visuals and sound. The novel is gut-wrenchingly explicit, and likewise, I didn\u2019t want the movie to sanitize Tess\u2019 experience in any way. It\u2019s famously said that a woman born in South Africa has more chance of being raped than of learning to read. Child abuse and rape are terrifyingly ubiquitous. So much so that the stats are difficult to digest \u2013 and we remain numb. 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