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DARE TO DREAM
Sanctuary Cove couple Jamie Arscott and Vicki Scotts have put their heart and soul into making Bosch & Rockit, a feature film starring Luke Hemsworth, Rasmus King and Isabel Lucas.
WORDS RHONDA OXNAM | PHOTOGRAPHY ARTERIUM
WHAT DO YOU have on your bucket list? Climb Mount Everest? Swim with sharks?
How about making a movie?
But not just any movie – one that stars a Hemsworth, is shot in the beautiful surrounds of Byron Bay and is filmed during a pandemic.
That is precisely what entrepreneurial Sanctuary Cove couple Jamie Arscott and Vicki Scotts have done. "I had wanted to make a movie for many a year, and as luck would have it, I met a young man who was staying at our house and he had a script,” explains Jamie. "We read it and fell in love with the story, and we thought if we are going to do it, it's now or never."
While it was obviously not quite as simple as that, the result is Bosch & Rockit, a feature-length film that is already drawing critical acclaim worldwide.
“It is a story of love and forgiveness, told through the eyes of innocence, and I think that's what the world needs right now,” says Vicki.
“We are still in the midst of the pandemic and this movie gives people a moment of reality and raw emotion.
“The other message we’d like people to get from our experience is how important it is to follow a dream,” she adds.
“Jamie had the confidence to give it a go … and I was so proud to support his vision and his ambition.”
As Producers and Executive Producers, Jamie and Vicki took an ‘old school’ approach to filming Bosch & Rockit.
“We had complete control and were able to work through any problems using our years of experience with business," Jamie says. "It was just a lot of intuition and common sense.”
“And there was so much love and care on the set,” adds Vicki.
“We had the right people, the right script, and it was just meant to be.”
Written, produced and directed by Tyler Atkins, and starring Luke Hemsworth, Rasmus King, Isabel Lucas and Leeanna Walsman, the movie tells the story of Bosch, a young father who goes on the run for drug dealing with his surf gang.
In tow is his teenage son, Rockit, who believes he is on a magical holiday with his father.
Together they journey through boyhood and manhood in an unforgettable true story about love, forgiveness and magic, all set against the beauty of the Australian coastline.
Playing the lead character of Bosch is Australian actor Luke Hemsworth, who admits he had some doubts about taking on the role.
“Ultimately, the director Tyler Atkins sold me on the film,” he says.
“We met to discuss the film and I was on the fence.
“The role of Bosch was great but I needed to know I was in good hands.
“His vision, passion and the fact that we would be telling intimate parts of his early family life convinced me that together we could create a unique distillation of a father/ son relationship that is poignant and real. >>
– Luke Hemsworth
“The film is a snapshot of a lot of beach life in Australia,” he adds.
“I’ve had a lot of people tell me ‘that was what my life was like as a kid’ or ‘my dad was like that’.
“I think we touched on some universal issues that fathers in particular, as well as children, face.
“It should appeal to a wide range of audiences because we’ve all been children and had parents that have let us down one way or another.
“It’s a human story about people who aren’t perfect. People who don’t have all the answers. People who are doing their best in difficult circumstances.
“They’re not BAD people, they’re just moving through life.
Luke admits that being a father definitely helped him prepare for playing Rockit’s dad.
“Because of work I’m away from my kids a lot so there’s a large well to draw from there.
“We all love our kids and want to be there for them for every moment but we also have to work and pay the bills.
“I’m constantly learning from my kids and am trying to guide them morally and ethically as best I can … but I fail a lot.
“Bosch loves Rockit but is perhaps a little too wrapped up in his own quest for pleasure.
“As a result he neglects Rockit’s welfare and is mostly absent from his life.
“He does try to be a good dad but the tools he uses aren’t the best.”
Shot in and around Byron Bay in mid-2020, the movie was one of the first projects to be made in Australia during the pandemic.
“When Covid hit we thought about pulling production because it was a big investment for us,” explains Vicki.
“But we had 120 cast and crew, and all the equipment, on location south of the border so we decided to go ahead. "In Hollywood they were calling us 'the canaries in the coal mine' because we were setting a precedent for filming under a whole new set of protocols.”
“The positive was that we got people working on the set, like cinematographer Ben Nott and our lighting guy Ben Slattery, that wouldn’t normally have been available,” adds Jamie.
The six weeks of filming was conducted within a ‘Covid bubble’, which added a new dimension to the production. "It took an hour to get the set ready every day, we had two nurses on-site 24/7, all the crew were wearing masks, it was full-on,” says Vicki.
It was also a learning experience for the actors.
“The hardest part for me was just the communication on set with the crew,” says Luke.
“It’s strange never getting to see what people’s faces look like and much harder for me to get everyone’s name to stick in my head.
“But the good thing about working in Australia compared to other parts of the world is it’s easier because we speak the same language.
“And I love Australian crews and the ‘can do’ attitude.” >>
