This first design, taken from Anastasia, does an excellent job illuminating the whole stage while still keeping focus on the principal character. By lighting the ensemble in blues and purples, they become one with the scenery, creating a very chaotic feeling. The two white lights shining down on opposite sides of Anastasia put her in the spotlight, making her the focus of the scene, despite being farther upstage.
This design comes from Rent on Broadway and exemplifies the use of a follow spot to cast focus on one character. At the bottom left, the three characters are still lit, but with low intensity. By contrast, the high intensity follow spot makes the light stand out above the rest, directing the focus to wherever it is aimed.
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