Disclosure Day production details reveal VFX and virtual production scale

Technical details have emerged regarding the production of Steven Spielberg’s film, Disclosure Day, highlighting the extensive use of virtual production and visual effects.

4Wall Entertainment managed the virtual production environments, utilizing LED technology from Absen, processing from Brompton Technology, and media servers from Disguise. The team constructed three distinct environments: a newsroom, a covert government facility known as the Wardex set, and a 360-degree LED car process. The Wardex set, designed by Adam Stockhausen, was built at Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard and featured ten separate LED surfaces integrated directly into the scenic elements.

Digital Domain served as the primary visual effects vendor, delivering 418 final shots. The VFX work, which involved nearly 400 artists across North America and Hyderabad, drew inspiration from documented UFO reports and military FLIR footage to maintain authenticity. Key tasks included the development of full-CG creatures, such as the primary alien “In Vivo 17,” which utilized complex facial transformation rigs and animation systems to simulate muscle and skin contractions. The studio also developed procedural systems for alien costumes and anatomically accurate feather and locomotion systems for various forest animals.