In the documentary ‘John’s Not Mad’
there are three main codes and conventions, which are the voiceover, the
interviews and the observational footage.
The voiceover, which more or less
in this documentary narrates John’s life is a females voice because it makes us
feel empathy as you can imagine her to be more of a mother figure which gives a
sense of care.
The interviews were semi-structured
which means they weren’t limited to certain questions, new ideas were allowed
to be brought up and the interviewer can change their question depending on the
answer the interviewee has given such as interviews with John’s mother, his
teachers and the professionals that dealt with him.
The observational footage in the documentary is shown when John is in the greenhouse with his classmates and teacher, John has to hold his mouth shut to stop any words escaping his mouth, at this part in the documentary he has also started spitting at people. There is one particular part where his teacher messes up and it looks like John has responded to that by swearing at him, but it was just a coincidence. This shows how hard it really is living with Tourettes.
