Actress, singer, scriptwriter and filmmaker, Bukunmi Oluwashina, has revealed that her latest movie, Traffic, was inspired by the true life story of an up-and-coming artiste who committed suicide some time ago.

She said,

“A lot of things inspired it and I had been writing it gradually. It was also around the time when a young up-and-coming artiste committed suicide because he had not attained the level of success he wanted.

“Meanwhile, I had always wanted to talk about depression, especially as it concerns artistes. There are a lot of talented people who have been frustrated because they have not achieved their dreams.

“I felt I needed to talk about that because many people give up when they are few steps away from their desired destination.

“Suicide does not take away one’s pains; it only passes the pain to the person’s loved ones.

“I also wanted to talk about marriage and domestic violence because it was ‘trending’ when I began to write the story. A lot of things helped me with writing the story.”

Oluwashina, who usually composes and records soundtracks for movies, also opined that the poor quality of some movie soundtracks could be tied to poor pay given to singers.

She said,

“It is true (that some of the songs are monotonous and predictable) but there are still good ones out there. When I am working on soundtracks, I like to use proverbs and adages.

“One could talk in parables and not give away all the story is about. I think the issue is the cost of featuring good singers.

“If a producer pays good money, the person composing the song would be forced to deliver good songs.”