Codes and conventions in documentaries

Extraordinary People - The boy who sees without eyes

This documentary is about a boy that can see without eyes. The first 10 minutes of the documentary  shows how Ben had lost his eye sight. Ben shows that anything's possible if you put your mind to it even tho you ain't the same as everyone else. The code and conventions of this documentary is that it tells a story about something or someone which all documentaries have. Another code and convention is that they shown the inside story of Ben's life and how he did stuff even tho he was blind. 

Another code and convention is that it shows how Ben copes being blind and how he survives the outside world and how he is different to other blind people. Another code and convention is that the documentary is a medical sort of thing where some of the people can do some things they wouldn't have even have dreamed of doing. Another code and convention is that its mostly aimed at family's also people that are handicapped.