Freelance lighting designer Pavel Jelinek - one of the country's top television LDs - was asked to light the show - for which he specified Robe moving lights, including 18 x Robin Pointes together with four Robin LEDWash 1200 and four Robin LEDWash 600s.
The stage was limited for space, and the time in which to get everything rigged, focused and ready was tight, so this defined some elements of the lighting design. Jelinek wanted high quality lightweight fixtures that were bright and above all fast and easy for the crew to rig.
In addition to the awards presentations, the show featured live performances by Czech music stars singer / songwriter Tomas Klus and pop singer Debbi, so the rig needed to be flexible and adaptable.
The Robe equipment was supplied by Slovakian rental company Q-99. The company's owner Martin Kubanka is Slovakia's leading TV LD, and he and Jelínek will often co-operate on productions in the Czech Republic.
Q-99 has a large amount of Robe in its rental inventory and has recently invested in 48 Pointes, Robe's new multi-purpose fixtures for the benefit of all their work which includes many high profile TV shows and live events. Jelinek enthusiastically embraced Pointes for the first time on Sportovec Roku.
Four Pointes were positioned on the floor with two rows of seven fixtures on the back truss, all utilized for a wide variety of effects, including beams, gobos, colour washes and sweeps.
"They are absolutely excellent," he commented afterwards, "Highly versatile and capable of doing so many different functions. Basically you can dynamically light a show and create a plethora of different looks and atmospheres because The Pointe does so much."
The show was directed by Roman Petrenko and the director of photography was Filip Havelka.
(Jim Evans)
