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Danny Saucedo

2024

mapping, stage

A silhouetted performer stands inside nested orange arches that extend into the dark stage.

Projection mapping and stage design for Danny Saucedo's "Happy That You Found Me" in Melodifestivalen 2024.

A long-held dream to bring something new to the Melodifestivalen stage. The stage featured three 8 x 4.5m LED walls at 3200 x 1800 pixels each, a 7.9 x 9.1m LED floor at 1664 x 1920 pixels, and a physical Romanesque gate with staircase built for projection mapping.

The visuals move through a moonlit Romanesque evening, a garden like Elysium, building to a climax where the gate falls back into open sky.

We tested the visuals on a physical maquette, and I developed a custom Unity camera tool to lock a precise direction of photography across the scenes.

Behind the scenes and stage visuals for Danny Saucedo’s Happy That You Found Me.

I was technical director and creative support, working with Smash Studio, who led the stage design, 3D modelling and animation. Rose Hallgren built the physical maquette we used for testing.