sound

<sound>

<sound> describes a sound effect or musical sequence specified within a screen play or radio script. 7.3.1 Technical Information 7.3 Other Types of Performance Text

Module

drama — 7 Performance Texts

Attributes

In addition to global attributes

type

categorizes the sound in some respect, e.g. as music, special effect, etc.

Status	Optional
Datatype	<rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/> data.enumerated

discrete

indicates whether the sound overlaps the surrounding speeches or interrupts them.

Status	Optional
Datatype	<rng:ref name="data.xTruthValue"/> data.xTruthValue
Note	The value true indicates that the sound is heard between the surrounding speeches; the value false indicates that the sound overlaps one or more of the surrounding speeches.

Declaration

<rng:element name="sound">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="type">
   <rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="discrete" defaultValue="unknown">
   <rng:ref name="data.xTruthValue"/>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:ref name="macro.paraContent"/>
</rng:element>

element sound
{
   att.global.attributes,
   attribute type { data.enumerated }?,
   attribute discrete { data.xTruthValue }?,
   macro.paraContent
}

Example

<sp>
<speaker>Benjy</speaker>
Now to business.
</sp>
<sp>
<speaker>Ford and Zaphod</speaker>
To business.
</sp>
<sound discrete="true">Glasses clink.</sound>
<sp>
<speaker>Benjy</speaker>
I beg your pardon?
</sp>
<sp>
<speaker>Ford</speaker>
I'm sorry, I thought you were proposing a toast.
</sp>

Note

A specialized form of stage direction.

Contained by

model.stageLike

May contain

analysis: c cl interp interpGrp m phr s span spanGrp w

certainty: certainty respons