Batman Forever Clip Character Representations

Harvey Dent is represented in two contrasting ways, through the use of the location and his face. The close up of Harvey's his '2 faces', which signifies he has a split personality. His disfigured half is shown clearly, which looks scary connoting that he is evil. The two sides of the room are very different just like Harvey's face, with one side being light and the other dark. This is the conventional connotation of good and bad, and so the 2 sides signify Dent has both good and bad sides. The props used also support this representation, an example is where one woman holds up a lighter and a cigarette, whilst the other a blowtorch and a cigar. A cigarette is less harmful than a cigar, and so this represents his less harmful side. A lighter is much more safer and more civilized than a blowtorch, signifying the two sides. Using a blowtorch to light a cigar is not normal, which signifies Dent's out of the ordinary other side. The women on both sides both work with Harvey, but for different reasons, for dark and light. Harvey's sudden changes of mood signify his mixed personality, which can be shown in the beginning of the scene where Dent seems calm until he shouts "he's driving us insane". Harvey Dent's personality changes by the side of the room he is on, when he is on the light side he is quiet and calm, but on the dark side he is aggressive holding the gun to The Riddler's head. Harvey's voice changes quickly from an ordinary calmness to a loud angry tone, connoting his mood at that point. The sudden change signifies his split personality.

The Riddler first appears from a long shot not seen by anyone at that point, that signifies he is sneaky and mysterious. The non-diegetic soundtrack at the start of the scene has an up and down dynamic, connoting Dent's split personality. When The Riddler is seen by Harvey Dent the music is mysterious, signifying his character. The Riddler's character is represented as being happy and comedic, which is shown through his jokes, and happy expression. This signifies that his character is brave, because even when he has a gun to his head he remains the same.