Because when you skim a subject and see “SFU Notice: More gunfire at Surrey Campus” there’s cause for alarm, but when the actual email says:
Movie gunfire at Surrey campus
The sci-fi TV series “Caprica” will be filming at SFU Surrey and Central City on Friday night, October 30. The Dale B. Regehr Grand Hall (mezzanine level) will be used as a futuristic airport lounge.
The action may include running through the grand hall, down the staircase to the main entry lobby. The actors will carry and fire weapons and fake blood capsules will explode.
If you’re visiting, working or studying at the Surrey campus be aware that the film shoot will begin at 6 p.m. It should finish by 9 p.m. but will continue in the Tower lobby and outside on the Plaza until 4 a.m.
Campus access will remain open on Friday night. There may short periods when the cameras are rolling when people on campus will be asked to stop for a few minutes as they come in from street level or the parkade. Security guards will be posted to assist with the access. The Surrey Fire Fighters Computer Lab and all other study spaces on campus are open as usual without restrictions during this film shoot.
Then you can rest easy.
On a side note: It is pretty sweet to attend a school that’s been used to film shows like Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek in the past.
Update: For factual honesty, SFU has never been used in a Star Trek episode or movie. It has made the following though:
- The Day the Earth Stood Still
- Personal Effects
- Two for the Money
- Agent Cody Banks
- The Sixth Day
- Anti-Trust
- Fallen
- Kyle X/Y
- Masters of Science Fiction
- Battlestar Galactica
- Stargate SG-1
- Millennium
- X-Files.
