Vancouver Technical and Hollywood
Vancouver Technical Secondary stood in as Smallville High in the first season of the television series Smallville, before the filming location was moved to Templeton Secondary School. However Van Tech continued to show up in the opening credits (it shows up in the background of Allison Mack's credit) until the fourth season. However, the track/field was still used later on in the series.
Vancouver Technical Secondary was also used for the backdrop in the first Scary Movie, in the beauty contest scene, and as the school location for the movie Air Bud, in which all the classroom and indoor scenes are filmed. Students from the school were also used as extras in that film.
In the movie Paycheck with Ben Affleck, the outside of the school as well as the main hall are the locations of scenes.
Vancouver Technical Secondary was also used for the set as Cornwall High School in the movie She's the Man starring Amanda Bynes. In the second scene of the movie, after the credits in the beginning, actual students from Vancouver Technical can be seen playing basketball in the background. Everybody else playing sports on the field are extras.
In early December, 2008 and January 2009, the school was used in CW's hit show, Supernatural.
And in the 2009 Nickelodeon film Spectacular starring Victoria Justice, Van Tech's main foyer and brand new auditorium are used
Van Tech also played a role in Johnny Depp's career. An episode of 21 Jump Street was filmed on location during the mid 1980s.
Vancouver Technical Secondary School's universal gym and boys' shower room are the locations that were renovated to produce the film Jennifer's Body (2009), Starring Megan Fox.
In the movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid, the background of the gym scene where Greg got owned in wrestling was filmed at Van Tech's small gym.
Many scenes from the TV series Hellcats is filmed in Vancouver Technical's big gym.
The AMC's TV series "The Killing (U.S. TV series)" was also filmed at Van Tech.
More Recently a TV show called "Fairly Legal" was filmed at Tech, temporarily turning it into a prison.
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