Camp Rock 2: ALBUM ART

Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, What's What edition premiered on Disney Channel on 10.10.10.

For me, the most interesting pop up fact was about the nods to rock and roll album covers.


"This movie is all about love of classic rock 'n' roll.
To give nod to some classic album cover art, several timeless album covers were recreated throughout the film.
You heard it straight from the horses mouth!"
 I had noticed the Bruce Springsteen nod, and I was excited to discover more!

1. These three guys are seen as Mitchie and her mom arrive at Camp Rock in the beginning of the movie:

Crosby, Stills, and Nash
Crosby, Stills and Nash, 1969

2. Camp Rock is in chaos at first. Nate shows up at the dance classroom instead of his drums classroom:

Bruce Springsteen
 Born in the U.S.A., 1984

3. Eventually, the new counselors finally get the flow of running the camp. A Camp Rocker brings this guitar to Mitchie's class:

Dire Straights
Brothers in Arm, 1985

4. Shane almost gets some alone time with Mitchie, but counselors are called to help out with the bonfire.

Depeche Mode
Music for the Masses, 1987

5. Nate sits on a bench and enjoys the view, right before he falls off because Dana startles him.

Boz Scaggs
Silk Degrees, 1976

6. Okay, so the JoBros weren't placed in some random cabin with a horse when Jason and Shane give Nate girl advice.

The Byrds
The Notorious Byrd Brothers, 1968

7. The junior rockers gather to listen to a bedtime ghost story.

The Beatles
With the Beatles, 1963

8. Jason and the junior rockers try to be stealth when they spy on Camp Star.

Paul McCartney & Wings
Band on the Run, 1973

I would like to thank google, my mom, my brother and my friend for their help. I also posted this on youtube:

Album art used to be on vinyl record covers. Then, they shrank to CDs. Now, a lot of people don't even bother downloading album art on their mp3 players.

GO FIX YOUR COVER FLOWS!

(500) Days of Summer TOUR

(500) Days of Summer is a story of boy meets girl. You should know up front: it isn't a love story.

I love this movie. My brother loves it too. Since he has a fancy DSLR, we finally went on a mission to visit the locations in the movie.

The movie depicts Los Angeles as beautiful in a different way. It's not just glitz and glamour. There are some very architecturally beautiful buildings with great history.

Here are some photos from our walking tour. I wanted to recreate frames from the movie.

Day (35) - Tom's Apartment

Canadian Building, 432 S Main St

Day (35) - Tom's Apartment

Day (87) - Video/Record Store

(Bookstore in real life)

Day (290) - Video/Record Store

Old Bank DVD, San Fernando Building, 400 S Main St

Day (191) - Movie Theatre

Million Dollar Theatre, 307 S Broadway

Day (95) - Angels Knoll

W 4th St & Olive St

Day (260) - Angels Knoll

Day (408) - Summer's Apartment

Barclay, 706 S Normandie

Day (408) - Summer's Apartment

(This is in Koreatown, not Downtown L.A.)

Day (408) - Summer's Street

 (The movie added the buildings in the background)

Day (488) - Angels Knoll

(Escalator from Metro)

Day (488) - Angels Knoll

Day (488) - Angels Knoll

Day (488) - Tom's Bench

 

Day (500) - First day of Autumn

Bradbury Building, 304 S Broadway
(Touring isn't allowed upstairs.)

I had to wear blue for this occasion. (It's Summer's signature color. She's the only one that wears blue, with the exception of the dance scene.) My outfit was inspired by the "Bank Dance" music video on the (500) Days of Summer iTunes podcast.

This was the first time I really looked at the buildings downtown. We all had a really good time. Stuff always look prettier in movies. I was surprised to learn that (500) Days of Summer did not over exaggerate these locations. They really are beautiful.

Download the walking tour here. Check out www.laconservancy.org for more. 

Also, here's a link to additional film locations: http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/f/500DaysOfSummer.html

We exited Broadway off the 101, and parked in a lot on 4th Street and Spring. It's $5 flat rate on weekends. It's pretty much equidistant to Tom's apartment, the movie theatre and Bradbury Building, and Angel's Knoll.

It was overcast when we went. This was fortunate because if the sun had been out, we would have been really hot and tired from the walk.

If you go, I suggest going early. We started at 10am. Wear comfortable shoes. Bring a friend. Take pictures. Enjoy!