supervisor - both are administrative roles in the production department. In contrast, the DA is a technical role blending leadership, management and administrative skills with creative audiography ranging over pre-production, production and post-production - constrained only by the Director's vision and the production's schedule and budget. In many ways, the DoA role is a natural extension of the more limited post-production role of supervising sound editor. The term director of sound (DoS) has also been proposed as an alternative title to that of DA. See also :Category:Audio directors References .01 Film sound production Filmmaking occupations