What an LED stage backdrop does
An LED stage backdrop is the video wall behind the performers or speakers. It carries the look of the show: graphics, video, live camera and transitions between parts of the programme. Unlike a printed backdrop, it can change with every segment. We design the backdrop as part of the stage: the set, the LED surfaces, the lighting and the content that runs on them.
Stage design and scenography
We start with your brief, references and the venue plan. Our designers propose the stage shape, the set pieces and where the LED, lighting and truss sit. The stage itself can be built from modular stages and podiums with roof, stairs and railings, framed with aluminium truss.
For Flo Camp 25, a two-day corporate camp event, we designed a scout-camp-style stage with a large custom tent structure, a smaller afterparty stage and a technical setup across five locations. Our stage work also includes Gypsy (stage and constructions) and GBA Milan 25 (custom stage and content).
3D visualisation before the event
Before anything is built, you get 3D renders of the stage for approval. They show the LED backdrop in scale with the room, the set and the lighting, with the content in place. Changes at this stage are easy to make; changes on build day are not.
LED backdrop layouts
A backdrop does not have to be one rectangle. Common layouts:
- Central wall behind the stage, with side screens for live camera (IMAG) in larger rooms.
- Split surfaces: columns or panels built into the set, run as one canvas.
- Curved walls: our cabinets curve up to 10° per joint.
- Corner and L-shaped walls built from standard cabinets.
Pixel pitch follows viewing distance. As a rule of thumb, the closest viewer should be about 1 m away for each millimetre of pitch. P2.6 suits most corporate stages, P1.9 works for close-up camera shots, and big halls or outdoor stages use P3.9 and above. Compare pitches in the LED screen catalogue. The wall stands on the ground or is flown on truss.
Motion design and 3D content for LED
Our in-house motion designers make the content for the backdrop: openers, segment and speaker graphics, loops, sponsor slots and 3D animation. Everything is made for the exact canvas of your wall, so nothing is stretched or cropped and text stays readable from the back rows.
Content specs: the wall canvas
LED content is made in pixels, not metres. Each of our P2.6 cabinets is 500 × 500 mm and 192 × 192 px, so a 5 × 3 m wall is a canvas of 1920 × 1152 px. For a stage with several surfaces we prepare a pixel map: the canvas size, where each surface sits on it and the safe areas for text. If your agency makes the content, we send the same specification so the files play without rescaling.
Playback and show-calling
At the show, content runs from media servers on Resolume or TouchDesigner. Two LED processors in parallel or an optical splitter keep a backup signal path. Show-calling and show control cue the content together with lighting and sound. LED operator and video engineer shifts are billed separately, and every project has a technical lead.
Stage design or stage LED rental?
This page covers the design side: scenography, renders, layouts, content and playback. If you need the screen itself (an LED backdrop, side screens and IMAG for a concert or show), see stage LED screen rental. For a standard wall, see LED wall rental.
Indoor LED walls start from €84 net per m² per event day ground-stacked and from €95 flown, including delivery, installation, setup and dismantling. Design and content are quoted per project. We work anywhere in Poland, and across Europe for larger productions. Book at least one week ahead, and send your brief for a full net quote within 24 hours.
