1. Assignment 1: Forms and
Conventions in ‘Tulisa, My Mum
and Me’
By Nicole Lewis

2. Tulisa: My Mum and Me
 This documentary is TV documentary that was on
BBC3 for 60 minutes.
 This documentary is about Tulisa Contostavlos and
other young adults dealing and caring for their
parents who have mental health problems.

3. Conventions
An insight into the other
families lives, where the
children has to deal with
their parents mental
health problems.

4. Conventions
Looking back the flat
she used to live and
reminiscing about how
her mother had to get
dragged out off the
house put into the
ambulance as she was
sectioned under the
Mental Health Act.

5. Conventions Photo of Tulisa and her
mother as a
child, probably around
one the times her mother
got sectioned.
‘TULISA CONTOSTAVLOS’ in
capital letters as she is the main
reason for this documentary and
because she is the presenter.
When giving
thanks to other
people they are
all in regular

6. Conventions While the peoples name
is in capital letters to
show their importance to
the making of the
documentary.
The job title in regular sized font.

7. Conventions
 Tulisa went to a scientist to ask about her mothers illness
and what the causes of it is.

Scientist has his own
private interview.

8. Forms
Outside doing normal everyday activities.
Hanging the laundry. Walking the dog. Having a
picnic.
Natural lighting.

9. Forms Shots explaining how
she found her mother
self harming and wasn’t
able to do anything to
stop her.
Sound bridging when
talking about her mothers
illness and how she had to
deal with her mother having
bipolar disorder and
schizoaffective disorder.

10. Forms At the beginning, the
background music was
from her own group
called N-Dubz, as she
was telling the audience
who she was and where
she’s from.