Table 37.6 Mark-up used in the Blockbuster Corpus

Feature	Marked-up example
Screen directions	<sdir> INT. MISSION CONTROL – INSIDE THE GLASS-ENCASED ROOM Flip enters the room. Skip writes notes … </sdir>
Character identification and gender	<char id=“Temple” gen=“M”>I’m going to brief the President. What's going on here, Dan? Why didn’t we have warning? </char>
Screen directions embedded in character dialogue	<char id=“Temple” gen=“M”><sdir> (V.O.) </sdir> Can you go secure? </char>