Digital Sausage
Digital Sausage is a creative studio based in the Southeastern U.S., offering film production, editing, sound design, and narrative development for agencies and production teams worldwide. Founded by a conservatory‑trained musician turned technology director, we bring precision, timing, and story discipline to every project — from short films to branded content.
Flexible engagement from fractional support to end‑to‑end ownership.
40+ years of I/T experience—programmer to Director—translated to agile, low‑drama creative delivery. Schedules, budgets, risk, vendors, and approvals handled. Comfortable collaborating through Frame.io, Dropbox, or Amazon Web Services (AWS) to keep creative assets secure and teams aligned.
Assembly through picture lock: pacing, rhythm, motion graphics, color pass, and broadcast‑safe exports. Skilled in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects for editing and finishing workflows, with Audition for precise sound cleanup and mix integration.
From trumpet to timecode: capture, clean‑up, design, and a balanced, story‑first mix (stereo or 5.1 pipeline‑ready). Delivery optimized for platforms and broadcast standards.
Concepting, loglines, treatments, scripts, and narrative consulting that gives projects a spine.
Multiple shorts, 5–7 minutes each. Festival‑friendly pacing and compact arcs.
Character‑driven piece with original score and location sound.
Multi‑cam sync, dynamic pacing, color and delivery masters.
Editorial cleanup, noise reduction, music beds, and loudness‑normalized masters.
Bridging tech and story—requirements, treatments, schedules, and stakeholder comms.
Comfortable wearing multiple hats on set and in post.
Founded by Phil Marnell in 2021 — a conservatory‑trained trumpeter turned technology leader — Digital Sausage blends musical timing with enterprise discipline. After five years performing professionally and four decades in I/T (programmer → analyst → consultant → Director), he “discovered” film in 2021 and shifted full‑time into writing, producing, directing, acting, and post. Hands‑on expertise with the Adobe Creative Cloud suite — including Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Audition — supports efficient, collaborative post‑production from editorial through sound design and delivery.
That technical fluency extends to modern production infrastructure — working knowledge of AWS, Dropbox, and Frame.io ensures media, review cycles, and deliverables are handled efficiently and securely.