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===Design and visual effects=== [[Rick Baker]] designed the [[prosthetic makeup]]. [[John Dykstra]], [[Andrew Adamson]] and [[Jim Rygiel]] served as [[visual effects supervisor]]s, with [[Rhythm & Hues Studios]] (R&H) and [[Pacific Data Images]] also contributing to visual effects work. R&H and PDI provided a [[computer-generated imagery|CGI]] Batman for complicated stunts.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9njZ482OYfwC|title=Understanding motion capture for computer animation and video games|first=Alberto|last=Menache|publisher=Morgan Kaufmann|year=1999|page=49|isbn=0-12-490630-3|access-date=February 27, 2016|archive-date=April 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427030336/http://books.google.com/books?id=9njZ482OYfwC|url-status=live}}</ref> For the costume design, producer Peter MacGregor-Scott claimed that 146 workers were at one point working together. Batman's costume was redesigned along the lines of a more "MTV organic, and edgier feel" to the suit.<ref name=kilmer>{{cite video | title = The Many Faces of Gotham City | type = DVD |publisher =Warner Bros.|year=2005}}</ref> Sound design and mixing was created and supervised by [[Bruce Stambler]] and John Levesque, which included trips to caves to record bat sounds.<ref name="Kenny2000">{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Tom|title=Sound for picture: film sound through the 1990s|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oNSSw01RIw0C&pg=PA85|access-date=February 28, 2011|date=October 1, 2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-0-87288-724-4|pages=85β87|archive-date=April 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427030444/http://books.google.com/books?id=oNSSw01RIw0C&pg=PA85|url-status=live}}</ref> A new [[Batmobile]] was designed for ''Batman Forever'', with two cars being constructed, one for stunt purposes and one for close-ups.<ref name=design>{{cite video | title = Out of the Shadows: The Production Design of Batman Forever| location = Batman Forever: Special Edition| type = DVD | publisher = Warner Bros|year=2005}}</ref> Chris O'Donnell had the area around his eyes painted black and then the Robin mask glued on him.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.etonline.com/news/165866_batman_forever_20_years_later_chris_odonnell_talks_franchise | title='Batman Forever' 20 Years Later: Chris O'Donnell Looks Back on the Franchise | Entertainment Tonight | date=June 9, 2015 }}</ref> Swiss surrealist painter [[H. R. Giger]] provided his version for the Batmobile but it was considered too sinister for the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/batman-forever-story-behind-surprise-802804|title='Batman Forever': The Story Behind the Surprise Hit "Nobody Really Wanted"|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=June 17, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616165107/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/batman-forever-story-behind-surprise-802804|archive-date=June 16, 2017}}</ref> The film used some [[motion capture]] for certain visual effects. Warner Bros. had acquired motion capture technology from [[arcade video game]] company [[Acclaim Entertainment]] for use in the film's production.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Coin-Op News: Acclaim technology tapped for "Batman" movie |magazine=[[Play Meter]] |date=October 1994 |volume=20 |issue=11 |page=22 |url=https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-20-number-11-october-1994/Play%20Meter%20-%20Volume%2020%2C%20Number%2011%20-%20October%201994/page/22}}</ref>
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