The corporate AV brief, itemized.
RFP guides, keynote checklists, LED video depth, and the field decisions that shape what a 500-person room actually feels like. Written for the brand creative director, the head of experiential, and the corporate event lead who'd rather not learn AV the hard way at 2pm on show day.
Corporate AV, explained.
07 PIECESHow to write an AV RFP for a corporate event
The brief that gets you a scoped quote instead of a price sheet. What to include, what to skip, and why "starting at" is the wrong question.
ReadAV requirements checklist for a 500-person keynote
Audio, LED, lighting, content, show direction, contingencies — the line items that decide whether your keynote lands or limps. Printable.
ReadWhy corporate AV pricing isn't published (and what to ask for instead).
The "starting at $X" pages are doing real damage to your budget. Here's how to talk to a production studio without an anchor number lying to both of you.
ReadBehind the scenes of a corporate AV setup in LA
Two days of load-in, twelve people, three trucks, and the dozen decisions made between trucks-on-dock and doors-open.
ReadHow to plan AV for a 500-person conference in LA
From venue scout to strike — the AV planning timeline that fits the LA conference circuit, with the calls that move the needle.
ReadPermitting + union labor for AV in LA, demystified.
Which venues require which locals, what permits a corporate event actually needs in LA, and the line items that pad your budget if you don't catch them early.
ReadLive streaming for hybrid events — the 2026 guide
Bonded cellular, broadcast mix engineering, and the redundancy plan that keeps your Q&A live when the venue's fiber drops.
ReadLED video, up close.
07 PIECESLED wall cost in Los Angeles — what's actually on the invoice
Why every public "starting at" price is fake, and what variables actually move the LED wall line item on a real corporate show.
ReadHow to choose pixel pitch for an LED wall
1.5mm broadcast vs 2.6mm keynote vs 5.9mm outdoor festival. Viewing distance, content type, budget, and the rule of thumb that saves arguments.
ReadLED wall vs projection mapping — which one for your show
Ambient light tolerance, depth perception, content workflow, rigging weight. The matrix that picks the right canvas the first time.
ReadLED walls vs projectors for stage backdrops
A more direct head-to-head — same room, same content, two technologies. What you actually see from row 12.
ReadHow to fix the moiré effect on LED screens
Why your broadcast feed is shimmering. Shutter speed, pixel pitch, camera angle — and the four-step fix in the truck on show day.
ReadInteractive video walls — creative uses past the photo booth
Camera-fed feedback loops, gesture-reactive content, generative responses to brand inputs. Where interactive LED actually earns its line item.
ReadUnreal Engine + LED wall = the real-time virtual production stack
nDisplay, Mo-Sys camera tracking, ARRI Alexa 35 genlock, and the calibration workflow that lets the brand creative director call new shots on set.
ReadEvent verticals + craft.
06 PIECESTop projection mapping trends, 2026
What's earning its budget this year. Generative content, real-time interaction, large-scale architectural canvases that read at 200 feet.
ReadCoachella-style brand activations — the cost breakdown
Where the spend actually goes when a brand becomes a venue. Build, gear, programming, talent, social. The percentages that fund what.
ReadHollywood premiere AV checklist — the red carpet, itemized.
Step-and-repeat lighting, broadcast lighting, talent mic plan, photographer coverage. The list that makes the carpet read on camera.
ReadWedding lighting plan — save-the-date to first dance
The timeline that gets ceremony, cocktail, dinner, first dance, and dance floor all lit on the same rig without recue chaos.
ReadCold spark machines — when to use them, when not to
Indoor pyro alternative that LA venues actually allow. What it looks like on camera, what permitting still applies, and when a fan tape and confetti reads better.
ReadTruss + trussing 101 for event producers
12-inch, 20.5-inch, ground-supported, flown. The vocabulary you need to read a rigging plot without nodding through.
ReadReading is a start. Building is the show.
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