IFBB Hong Kong Fitness Open 2026 | Stage LED Visuals and Fashion Show Animation - Late Studio | Hong Kong Animation Studio

The lights come up,and the screens change for every segment of the night.

Late Studio created the stage LED visuals for the IFBB Hong Kong Fitness Open 2026, organised by the Hong Kong China Bodybuilding & Fitness Association. From audience entry, the opening and the competition categories to the awards and a fashion show with underwear brand HOM, every segment had its own set of visuals spanning the left, centre and right screens, and the night was broadcast live on TVB Jade. Late Studio handled stage LED visual design, animation, sponsor advertising layout and fashion show visuals.

ClientHong Kong China Bodybuilding & Fitness AssociationEventIFBB Hong Kong Fitness Open 2026Year2026Project TypeEvent stage LED visuals, fashion show visualsLate Studio ScopeStage LED visual design, animation, sponsor advertising layout and fashion show visualsDelivery FormatLED playback files for the left/right and centre screens

Starting from a Run-Down | One Set of Visuals for Every Segment

A bodybuilding competition is a long night: audience entry, the opening, guest speeches, ten categories competing in turn, awards, group photos, and a fashion show in between. The LED screens on stage need the right picture at every moment.

The team started from the event run-down and broke the night into segments: the entry loop, the opening, name cards for guest speakers, previews of the next category, group photos, and each theme of the fashion show. Every segment had its own set of visuals, so the crew only needed to play them in order.

Three Screens, One Stage | Left/Right and Centre Screens

The stage was made up of left and right screens and a centre screen. Every piece was produced in two versions, one for the left/right screens and one for the centre, but each was composed as one continuous panorama.

Before the show, for example, golden bodybuilder statues stand on the left and right, with the event logo in the centre. During audience entry, the left screen shows a QR code for the event programme, the right lists the sponsors, and the centre keeps the event logo.

Golden bodybuilder statues on the side screens with the event logo in the centre

Entry visual: programme QR code, event logo and sponsors

Entries and Loops | Following the Live Rhythm

Timing at a live event is hard to predict. When the host introduces the next category and when athletes walk on depend on how the night unfolds.

So every category had two pieces: an entry animation of about 4 seconds, and a “coming up” visual that can loop for as long as needed. As soon as the host makes the introduction, the crew plays the entry animation, then holds on the loop until the competition begins. All ten categories, from university students to men's bodybuilding, use the same structure.

Fashion Show | A Crossover with HOM

Between competitions, the event featured a fashion show in collaboration with underwear brand HOM. The screens took on a completely different look for this segment, starting with “HOM Fashion show 2026” lighting up in a neon tunnel, then changing theme with each collection.

The animal collection comes with colourful balloon dogs, the floral collection with blooming flowers and butterflies, the feather collection with falling feathers echoing “Light as feather”, and the swimwear collection turns the stage into a sunny beach. Each set of visuals lets the audience feel the mood of the collection before the models walk out.

Floral collection: flowers and butterflies

The Hardest Moment | Changes After Rehearsal

The most intense moment for event visuals is often after rehearsal. Post-rehearsal items included adding title sponsors for three segments, bringing back previous years' ads, checking whether any categories had been added or renamed, editing the fashion show's closing loop, replacing the QR code, and raising the logo at the bottom.

Because the visuals had been organised by segment and screen from the start, each change only required updating the relevant pieces rather than re-exporting the whole set. The playback desk then ran the updated files segment by segment.

Back to the Venue | From Stage to Live TV

On the night, the visuals on screen were not just for the audience in the hall. The event was broadcast live on TVB Jade, and the LED visuals became the backdrop for awards and athletes' appearances, following the cameras into viewers' homes.

One run-down, three screens, ten categories and a fashion show all came together in one night, giving every segment visuals of its own.