By Oluwafemi Dosu
The Chairman of Lagos State chapter of All Nigeria Conference of Evangelical Drama Ministers, ANCEDRAM, Evang. Isaac Yemi Afolayan has written his personal love story in form of a movie script to commemorate his 10th wedding anniversary.
Isaac and Ireti Afolahan who could be best described as two lover birds got married on 1st of May 2010 with excitement.
Gospel Film News gathered that the resourceful and goal getting Lagos ANCEDRAM boss has released a well written script that best portrayed their love story and captured the wedding moments. Read the script below:
“THE MYTH OF 2 LOVER BIRDS
“At dawn, exactly 12a.m on 1st of May, 2020, as I lied down, sleeping in my pygmas with my face up, tapping the waves of early morning cool breeze, I was lost in thought for minutes, only for me to realize that I was recurring the idea of a true life story of two lover birds.
*PROLOGUE SCENE*
“Camera reveals the interior of ireyemi’s bedroom with two characters, Ireti and Yemi, while the former is seated on a locker the latter is standing, sweating profusely engrossed in a bit of fear.
“However, The environment is Bio-electrically charged as emotions were being ignited.
“The director is seen giving instructions to the characters on set. After a while, when the camera rehearsal was over, the continuity manager clark the board, shouting, prologue scene take 1, accompanied by the director’s voice, ACTION.
“However, this is voiceless, but with overlaid song of ” IFE BI EJI OWURO”. Everybody was amazed. Yemi who appears highly excited, looks straight into Ireti’s lovely blue eye then roles, ‘ This is a glorious beginning, today 1st May, 2010″.
“But still nobody has the full knowledge of the script. When will scene 1 take place and how will the whole movie looks, nobody knows?
“However, after some time, the producer who also double as the director willingly initiated the process of the film shoot on 1st May, 2010.
Thus,
” *SCENE ONE*
“It’s exactly a decade, the motion has been rolling and the director has been a great blessing to this film, my co actor and I in particular. Audience, please help me to praise the unarguable, unfathomable, and incomparable deligence and immense contributions from my great director.
“Celebrate my skillful and technically know how director who has tolerated my errors on set, being faithful despite my unfaithfulness to the rules guiding location, covering my nakedness as he engaged the costumier and make up artist to ensure I always come clean before the camera, also directing prop manager to make sure I lack nothing on set, giving us relevant instructions per time that has made us excel and always awarding us with great medals in our role undertakings. He gives the concept, we only follow the instructions and only for us to enjoy the results. I need to place on record my co actor on set, who always initiates my emotions to activate my supposed classical, convincing and approved sound actions on set, playing the right cover up for my errors, guiding on ambiguous instructions and helping to interpret my roles correctly.
“Then suddenly, I heard a soft lovely feminine voice from the midst of the far refracted crested waves in the collapsing depths of the hollow of the space echoing besides me on the bed saying” Happy wedding anniversary, sweety” , hurriedly, my soul travels back, realizing it is not chew gum sweet but a royal blast of displays by the Queen of the palace. This is coming from my wife. Oh my blissful wife, God bless you for me. Looking back, I realized I must give it to God, who gave me an uncommon and virtuous woman, the best any man can have for fulfilment in life and ministry. Lord, we thank you for this ten years in the journey. It was you, and it’s you and it will still be you, our God in ages past, the lifter of our head, our salvation and our hope. We thank you ABBA FATHER.
“Dearest TREASURE my sweetheart, indeed you are the best wife and mother in this world. Thank God I made the right choice. While you always know the right approach in both the cold and hot weather, treating the former with best tactics and not lacking excellent displays in the latter is always amusing and remains a mystery till date.
“You are a gift to my world. Indeed you are well coached from home, coupled with how you also have excellently reacted to trainings and above all your God giving endowments.
“I have a perfect example of beauty in my life, beautiful in face and characters. I have seen ladies, some have facial beauty but no inner beauty, some have the latter but lack the former, but you have got the two on your side.
“You are an indispensable house wife material. Thank God l made you as my choice.
“You are a lady who believed in me even when the future is bleaking, cloudy and dark. A lady who accepted me as a fiance on no well-defined income and husband of meager income in a one bedroom apartment who believe in my dreams, who is convince of my vision as a drama minister, who takes all my dirty habbits, insults and shortcomings with love, who unrelentingly waited during our Nine years of waiting till we now have two bouncing big boys and raising them in the way of the lord.
“I can’t mention it all here because of time and space, but I promise as God helps me till death do us part, may I never forget you the source of my Joy and strength.
“(After a brief time out, screen displays the characters IRETI and YEMI on the dinning set, while the former is seated on a chair, the latter is standing elegantly and majestically.
“Ditto prologue scene (same posture but different settings) The song, IFE BI EJ[I OWURO is overlaid.
” YEMI:
“(Clearing his throat) Hun -hun(Lingering forward a little, redressing his mustache and adjusting the setting of his eye glasses) (( Emotionally)) Even in the midst of pandemic, coronavirus or convid 19 or whatever, my love for you can never dwindle. ( Tenderly, with deep emotions) Come and confirm that Honey, I have got a real better package for you inside the room.
TO BE CONTINUE…..
“HAPPY A DECADE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY….. Ireyemi.”
The entire crew of Gospel Film News hereby wish the family of Isaac Afolahan happy wedding anniversary.