Croatia - Over 200 Robe moving lights graced the stage in a lighting scheme designed by Sven Kučinić of LumiLas LLC for a show by Serbian superstar Milica Pavlović at the Zagreb Arena.
Sven was asked to light the high-profile concert after Pavlović’s show producers saw his lightshow for Croatian artist Gibonni - the previous year at Belgrade Arena - and decided they wanted to work with him. They talked to the artist who also checked out Sven’s work for herself and was suitably impressed.
Sven, who has a busy schedule combining working as a commercial pilot with designing creative lightshows, was also contacted by the local show producers Ivan Jurić-Kaćunić, Katijan Knok and Goran Hucaluk, with whom he’s worked on other projects and was able to slot this one into his diary.
His starting point for the production lighting design was a set concept by Igor Barberić and Nebojša Milojević, which included three interconnected runways coming out from the front of the stage allowing Pavlović to get close to her fans. The screen design was an adapted version of the set developed for a Milica Pavlović gig staged at Belgrade Arena a couple of months before this one, but adapted versions of these were the only elements retained for Zagreb.
A troupe of dancers choreographed by Helena Janjušević boosted the visual dynamics of the performance, for which there was a good production budget.
The lighting equipment and crew were delivered by MOJO Rental South-East Europe (ex-Promo Logistika), and this show was the first time that Sven had a chance to use Robe’s Painte moving light and Tetra2 and TextraX linear LED batten products.
The 24 x Paintes were hung on front trusses and used for key lighting and positioned along the catwalks.
22 Robe Fortes were hung on the mid truss in a cluster formation and made excellent effects fixtures for special moments in the set.
36 MegaPointes were dotted around the upstage trusses, together with 24 x Pointes.
On this show, 24 Spiider LED wash beams were dotted around the overhead trusses with some on the floor and used for washing the stage - exactly as designed - as well as for additional and secondary key lighting. “They worked harmoniously with the Paintes in this context,” commented Sven noting that the Spiider’s zoom also allowed them to really cut through the MegaPointe beams. 26 Tetra2s and eight TetraXs were added to the design.
30 CycFX8 fixtures (Tetra’s still popular predecessors) were used as the main floor up lighters and along the catwalks, a mission-critical task especially for illuminating the dancers.
Also on the rig were 24 x LEDBeam 150s and 10 x LEDBeam 350s which worked as back of shot fillers for the multicamera shoot. The 350s placed upstage crisply sliced through the 150sq.m of LED screen.
Sven concludes, “Crafting a show that has a real emotional impact on the audience is also about knowing when to turn all the lights off.”
