Your AV team brings the projectors and sound, and we supply the surfaces, walls, and masking that make them shine.
Projection Screen Surfaces On AV Drop Frames
Our AV Drop frames can be wrapped with front or rear projection screen skins that stretch tight with hook-and-loop fasteners. Our rear projection screen offers a wide viewing angle, excellent color fidelity, and a fine embossed texture that reduces glare. For rooms that need high gain, our front projection screen comes in wide formats, so large images stay clean without seams interrupting the picture. In our Starter Kit configuration, AV Drop supports two 9' x 15' screens alongside a stage wall, giving breakout rooms and general sessions a matched, professional look.
Black Masking For Cables And Tech Tables
Every conference has a control area full of laptops, switchers, and cable runs that attendees should never notice. We use black drape to build tech surrounds and masking walls that keep those zones out of sight while giving your crew room to work. Your stage area then looks intentional from every seat in the house. We also build DJ and tech surrounds that wrap equipment neatly on all sides, so even a front-of-house position sitting mid-room blends into the design.
Clean Back Walls Behind Presenters
A speaker framed by a cluttered ballroom wall loses visual authority. Our stage backdrop rentals use the AV Drop system to create a smooth, seamless surface behind the lectern or panel table. With 100% opacity and full light-blocking, the wall keeps camera feeds and livestreams looking crisp and focused on the people speaking. Pair it with lighting from your AV partner, and the wall reads as a deliberate design element rather than an afterthought.
Working Alongside Your Production Team
We coordinate directly with your AV company, staging partners, and venue managers to confirm dimensions, sightlines, and load-in timing. Our production coordinators review floor plans and stage layouts in advance, so the walls and masking arrive sized for the gear you are bringing. That collaboration keeps the build smooth and avoids last-minute adjustments. If plans change on show day, our full-time staff is on call to adjust walls, add masking, or reconfigure a room at any hour.
Building A Stage Wall With AV Drop
AV Drop combines aluminum frames and fitted fabric skins to create clean, configurable stage walls for sessions of any size.
Tool-less Frames And Hook-and-loop Skins
AV Drop is intuitive and completely tool-less. Frames connect with clamps, and fabric skins attach with hook-and-loop around the perimeter, pulling tight to minimize wrinkles. Our crews handle full-service delivery, setup, and teardown, and for clients who prefer not to book a labor crew, self-install resources are available as an alternative. Our AV Drop solutions adapt to keynote stages, panel sets, and breakout fronts alike.
Opaque White Or Black Fabric Options
The primary AV Drop fabric options are opaque white, which gives you a standard white wall, or black fabric. White works as a blank canvas that takes colored uplighting beautifully, turning one wall into a different mood for each session. Black creates a sleek, recessive look that lets screens and presenters stand out without distraction. Many planners mix both, using white for the main stage and black for side masking that recedes into the dark.
Custom Dye-sublimation Prints
For branded stages, we custom print AV Drop with graphics, logos, photo imagery, or solid color using high-quality dye-sublimation printing. The process bonds dye permanently into the fabric fibers, producing rich, high-resolution color that will not peel, crack, or fade over time. Seamless prints wrap the frames for a taut finish without the visible seams of older foam board walls. We review basic artwork before anything goes to print, and additional graphic preparation is available if your files need extra work. We can theme the print around your conference and carry your messaging across it, including step-and-repeats that give important guests a red carpet feel.
Heights Up To 22 Feet Ground-supported
AV Drop can be configured into different sizes, heights, and profiles, reaching up to 22 feet ground-supported. That range covers intimate meeting rooms and large general session halls without changing systems. Because the frames and skins are reusable, the same components can return for your next conference in an entirely new layout. AV Drop components store and ship efficiently on pallets or in road cases, which simplifies multi-city conference tours.
Lighting-friendly Drape For Presentations
The right drape helps your lighting designer control spill, add color, and keep the audience focused on the stage.
Encore For Light Control
Our 22 oz. Encore is a heavyweight brushed polyester velour, and our Black Encore is the most opaque fabric in the rental market. It blocks stray light around screens, absorbs sound, and resists wrinkles through long show days. Our drape rentals offer Encore alongside lighter fabrics, with heights from 8 to 50 feet to suit any session room. Encore is typically provided at 50% fullness, giving dense, even coverage across long masking runs.
Muslin For Washes Of Color
Our 4 oz. Muslin is a lightly woven, cotton-like polyester that responds beautifully to dynamic lighting. Available in Natural or White, it takes color washes from your lighting rig and shifts the mood between sessions without changing a single panel. Muslin is typically hung with 75 to 100% fullness for a soft, even texture, and its durable weave holds up well through repeated show days and setups.
LED Star Drape With DMX Control
For evening sessions or award segments, our LED Star Drape adds a twinkling night sky behind the stage. The Classic Show version embeds blue-white LEDs in black Encore, while the Chameleon Show version runs the full RGB color range. Both offer programmable controllers and DMX capability, so your lighting operator can cue effects alongside the rest of the show. Panels come in various sizes and configure easily, so the effect can fill a full stage width or highlight a single section.
Sheer Layers For Softer Stage Edges
Our 2 oz. translucent Sheer softens the hard edges where a stage meets the room. Layered along wings or entrances, it catches lighting with a gentle glow and adds depth without blocking sightlines for the audience. It is an easy way to dress a stage for a gala dinner on the final night of your conference. Sheer is typically provided at 200% fullness, and colors include White, Ivory, Gold, Merlot, and Black.
Moments That Make Sessions Memorable
A few well-planned touches turn an ordinary agenda into the session everyone mentions afterward.
- Kabuki Reveals For Product Launches: Fabric drops on cue to unveil a product, speaker, or display, triggered by push button or DMX.
- Step-And-Repeats For Speaker Photos: A professional step-and-repeat gives keynote speakers and sponsors a branded spot for press photos.
- Rope And Stanchions For Green Room Access: Our rope and stanchion rentals keep backstage and speaker areas clearly defined.
- Event Carpet For Stage Aisles: Our event carpet rentals create clean walkways from seating to the stage.
