Venue: LA Valley College, Valley Glen
Event type: Commencement Ceremony
Services: LED walls, audio, hybrid broadcast, crew, outdoor power
2025 commencement ceremony for Los Angeles Valley College — one of the largest community colleges in the LA area. Thousands of graduates, families, faculty, and administrators in attendance on-site, with a hybrid broadcast reaching attendees who couldn’t be there in person.
This wasn’t a corporate keynote with a 50-person audience. This was a milestone event for every single person in that crowd. The production had to match the moment.
ProCore designed a full production plan built around the two things that matter most at a graduation: every person sees clearly, and every person hears clearly.
Dual Absen LED Walls Two large-format LED video walls flanked the stage, giving the entire audience a clear view of every graduate as they crossed. LED was the right call over projection — bright enough to cut through any ambient light, sharp enough for IMAG close-ups, and large enough that even the back rows felt connected to the moment.
JBL Sound System Crystal-clear audio coverage across the full venue. Wireless mic coordination for speakers, proper gain structure for a ceremony that transitions between spoken word, music, and crowd noise. Every name announced clearly. No feedback. No dead spots.
Hybrid Broadcast A full video signal path from cameras to a broadcast feed, delivering the ceremony to remote viewers in real time. Not a webcam on a tripod — a produced, switched broadcast with the same quality the in-person audience experienced.
Crew and Logistics ProCore’s team handled the full load-in, setup, operation, and strike. The crew that planned the production ran the production — no handoffs, no miscommunication, no scrambling on-site.
The ceremony ran start to finish without a single technical issue. Graduates walked the stage with their moment displayed larger than life on dual LED walls. Families watching remotely saw the same quality feed as the people in the venue. Faculty and administrators focused on the ceremony — not the production behind it.
That’s exactly how it should work. When the production is done right, nobody talks about the AV. They talk about the event.
A graduation ceremony might be the highest-stakes “simple” event in AV production. There are no do-overs, the audience is emotionally invested, and the client’s reputation is on the line for every second of the show.
The difference between a graduation that feels like a milestone and one that feels like an assembly comes down to preparation — the right equipment for the venue, a real production plan, and a crew that’s already solved every problem before doors open.
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