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Brian Timoney's Introduction to Method Acting Boot Camp

Brian Timoney's Introduction to Method Acting Boot Camp

An important and exciting message from Brian Timoney for ALL serious aspiring who realise there is only ONE way, ONE chance FINALLY to live your dreams... Breakthrough

“If you have just 3 days to invest in finally taking control and decide now to follow your dreams... then I guarantee my Introduction to Method Acting Boot Camp will dramatically change your life and set you on the path to the acting success you’ve always dreamed of but thought never would be yours”

Brian Timoney Brian discusses subtext with students

Dear Aspiring , It’s NOT Your Fault

This is a bold claim I’ve just made, but I stand behind it 100%. Because you’d be amazed at how many people tell me, “I never wanted to go into my line of work at all... I always wanted to act!”. In fact, I guarantee your complete satisfaction with my own money, meaning by the time you’ve finished this message and And why did we end up making the wrong choice? you make the right decision, you’ll know your dreams are not only within reach and much closer than you think... but you’ll Because when we’re young we want to please others – parents, also realise you now have a clear path marked out for achieving boyfriends and girlfriends, even our social crowd. But whatever your acting ambitions... at zero risk. the reason... we do it.

In short, if you’re serious about finally following your We swallow the line that it’s “hard to get into acting... you’ll dreams of being a professional actor, and want to get out of the just end up working as a waiter like all the rest of them”. monotonous, soul-destroying “9 to 5”, then I’m serious about being the one to make it happen for you. And so we put our dreams to one side, get a “job” or even a “career”... and settle down for the rest of what promises to be a Fact is... if you’ve not done it yet then... most unfulfilling life.

Unfulfilling?

I’ve just done the Acting Course weekend Oh yes... because you never quite forget that dream, do you? “ and I’ve got to say, it absolutely blows your It’s always there, and no matter how hard you’re trying to forget mind. It’s been a phenomenal weekend. I’d go it, suppress it and pretend it doesn’t matter... it really does as far as to say that it’s life-changing. So, it’s matter, doesn’t it? definitely, definitely worth doing. Believe me, I know. Because I’ve been there. I’ve been where you are right now and yet... I managed to get out of a Melinda Messenger ” soul-destroying 9 to 5 banking job and become a successful Apply now at www.briantimoneyacting.co.uk/bootcamp/ T: 020 8906 6899 1 working actor, and have since become one of the world’s leading acting coaches.

How did this happen?

Well, to begin the answer to that, let me ask YOU a question...

Who Chose Your Job For You?

Because when I was just 14, my mother was obsessed with me working for a bank.

Why? My cousin worked in one and he seemed to be doing OK. And as we all know “mum knows best”, right? Brian explains the method Right.

So, at age 18, there I was stuck in a dingy, boring office at the And while I sincerely hope you’re not one of them, if by some Bank of Scotland. This was, quite simply, the most miserable, chance you are… then... soul destroying period in my life... day in, day out, adding up cheques and counting cash in that dusty old office, watching The Time Comes When Enough is Enough the clock tick-tock on by, counting off the precious seconds, minutes, hours and ultimately years of my life... wishing and And you get that ache inside, telling you... you simply MUST willing it to go quicker, so I could get to the end of the day and realise your dreams and ambitions before it’s too late. enjoy my life outside of this place. After all, who wants to be 75 sitting in a retirement home, Yes, I hated banking with a passion. I had to get out. talking to the old boys and girls about how you always wanted to be an actor, but your parents (now long gone) made you get But then things changed. a ‘sensible’ job? And I guarantee you won’t lie on your death bed and say, “I wish I’d spent more time in the office and less See, in my spare time I was a “muso”, always hanging around following my dreams”. and playing in bands. Nothing got me going faster than an opportunity to play on stage. But you don’t need to stay stuck. You can break free of the 9 to 5 chains, free of the job your parents or others decided was Then, as fate has it so often, something happened that the one you should spend your life doing, regardless of how you changed everything. actually felt about it.

Because I was in a band that had no singer... and I drew the After all, as far as we know this is the one and only life short straw to go for singing lessons with a coach who was an we get, and if you don’t follow your dreams now, then it’s opera singer and also did am dram. Well, to cut a long story possible you never will. short, someone dropped out of playing Abanazzar (the baddie in Aladdin, the panto) and she started badgering me to take the And Here’s the Really Good News part. Of course, I thought I was far too cool for this... but she wore me down. Remember what I said about working as a waiter?

And was I ever glad she did, because I had the most amazing Well, while it’s true that’s where a lot of aspiring actors end experience of my life on that stage. And I was hooked. I threw up, it’s not the whole truth. in the towel at the bank, moved to London to study acting... and the rest, as they say, is history. Because the best known secret in the acting world is there’s a way of acting hardly anyone ever talks about, a set The moral of this story is, I was doing a job my Mother of powerful acting skills very few people ever hear about, let wanted me to do, not one I wanted to do. alone learn or even teach.

Just like thousands, perhaps millions of other unhappy, It’s called Method Acting, and it’s these skills an unfulfilled and frankly miserable people (maybe including astonishing 80% of Oscar winners over the past 10 years have YOU?) are doing now. relied on for their extraordinary success.

An awakening – brilliant And this is your opportunity to claim these secrets for your own. “ Jean Muller, Greenwich ” Introducing... Apply now at www.briantimoneyacting.co.uk/bootcamp/ T: 020 8906 6899 2 Brian Timoney’s Introduction to Method

Acting Boot Camp Brian Timoney

The Introduction to Method Acting Boot Camp is a the industry and how to create stand- out performances. fantastic introduction to Method Acting, and is quite simply the last word in foundational acting training. I have worked with leading UK film directors, Ken Loach and Danny Boyle, and have appeared on the BBC2 programme It’s ideal for you if you have little or no acting experience and ‘Murder Most Famous’ teaching TV Actors; Sherrie you want to become a confident, highly creative professional Hewson (/ ) and Angela Griffin actor, springboard your acting career and develop your ability to (Coronation Street/ ) Method Acting techniques. a top level using The Method. Nowadays, I regularly appear in the media, being asked for The Introduction to Method Acting Boot Camp is your my comments on various acting news, including the Oscars. I opportunity to uncover and discover the jealously guarded have appeared in The Metro, The Stage, The Evening Standard, acting secrets of the world’s leading film actors, such as Al The Sunday Express and MovieScope magazine. Pacino, , , , and Ed Norton. I run my own acting studio with locations in London and Los Angeles. My team of top-flight specialist coaches and I work with You and your fellow aspiring actors, all committed to making individuals new to acting, and we relentlessly train and develop your dreams come true and finally becoming successful their skills and abilities to a top level and then catapult them into professional actors, will be transported to a whole new level of the acting industry. acting ability in THREE intense days, being coached by me and my hand-picked team of expert coaches. And I share this with you not to brag, but so you understand when you join me and my hand-picked team on Why Should You Listen to Me? the Introduction to Method Acting Boot Camp, you’re in the hands of perhaps the finest acting-coaching team anywhere. All modesty aside, I am now one of the world’s leading acting coaches and I work both in London and Hollywood, operating In other words... right in the heart of the entire industry. If We Can’t Make You Succeed... Then No One Can And, I’ve worked in this same industry for over 20 years and in every major acting medium conceivable, including TV, Film, Oh, and just in case you were wondering about my team... please Radio and . I’ve worked as an actor, director, producer understand over 90% of the coaches who apply to work with me fail and acting coach and have first-hand experience of every part of my rigorous selection process, so you can be sure you’re getting the undivided attention of the best trainers in the industry. I’ve just finished a three-day course on Brian In short, we’ll take you through every step of The Method in “ Timoney’s Introduction to Acting Boot Camp. detail, using various exercises and techniques developed by the I’ve just come out of the course now and I can inventor of The Method himself, , which you can just say “Wow!” I just can’t describe the feeling then put to work for you in scenes and improvisations. I’m feeling right now. What a roller coaster – it’s like being on a journey, somewhere No doubt about it – this is the most exciting and intensive three day exploration of The Method you could possibly experience. completely different. If you’ve done a load of acting courses – this just… blows you away. Here are just some of the secrets we’ll share with you in your You haven’t done an acting course unless time with us on the Introduction to Method Acting Boot you’ve done this one. I fully recommend it. Just Camp. These are the exact same areas of Method Acting that do it. Don’t even think about it – just do it. have propelled world-class actors like , Angelina Jolie and into the limelight: Paul Malhotra ” Apply now at www.briantimoneyacting.co.uk/bootcamp/ T: 020 8906 6899 3 • Being Real vs. being Natural – this is the difference between • Create the illusion of a close relationship with an being awake and asleep. You will discover how not to imitate actor you’ve just met. or just be natural, but how to create reality in your work. • How to use the given circumstances as a force • Uncover the secrets to intuitively knowing how the within the scene. scene or character would actually behave or turn out like in real life. • Release your creative voice.

• Believability – believability is King. If the actor doesn’t And much, much more... believe in what they are doing neither will an audience.

• You need a feeling – to play out a scene you need to be Seven Reasons You MUST Attend the able to have a feeling, otherwise you are just imitating. Introduction to Method Acting Boot Camp

• How to create emotion on demand using sense and 1. You’re in a job that doesn’t excite or interest you, emotional memory. or even one you can’t stand, you’ve been trying to pretend to yourself for as long as you can remember • How to relax instantly, physically and mentally, and it’s “not important” to become a successful actor... overcome those nerves that threaten to ruin your acting. and deep inside you know you’re just kidding yourself.

• Exercise X – a secret and powerful exercise used by 2. You’re at a time in your life when you’ve got that Hollywood’s elite but not in the UK, except by us. nagging feeling it’s “now or never”. Melinda Messenger called it ‘mind blowing’ (and she also called the Introduction to Method Acting Boot 3. You want to become the best actor you possibly can Camp ‘life changing’). This super-powerful exercise be in the shortest possible time. gives you the secret key to unlock the doors to your own emotions, at will. 4. You want to learn from a world-class Method Acting coach and his hand-picked team, so you have the • The key traits of the world’s most successful actors. best possible chance of success.

• Improvisation – traditional and special method 5. You want access to the secret Method used by improvisation used by the Method Acting elite to 80% of Oscar winners in the last decade, and the create spontaneous, unpredictable, exciting work. world’s leading film actors, such as Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Angelina Jolie, Meryl Streep, Denzel • Working on a script - you will work on a scene with Washington and Ed Norton. another boot camp attendee and start to discover the powerful secrets of “scene investigation”. 6. You know “small hinges swing big doors”, and the powerful and vital secrets, strategies, tips, tools and • How to dissect and put together a scene - once you techniques you’ll uncover on the Introduction to understand what makes a great scene, it’ll dramatically Method Acting Boot Camp are exactly what you need improve your acting in it. to springboard your career as a successful actor.

• Character work – how to create a complex character 7. You know deep in your heart, now is the right time from scratch. to take that first step on the path to the acting success you’ve always dreamed of but thought never • Animal exercise – how to use an animal to create a would be yours. unique physicality. Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver used a crab; in The Godfather was using a bulldog. What might YOU use in your first successful movie? I have just completed a three-day • How to analyse a script to bring out the hidden and “ ‘Introduction to Method Acting’ course; this unusual elements. was the best course I have ever been on. I feel finally that I am actually beginning to ‘get • How to create a unique physicality for your characters. it’, if that makes any sense. I have been on • The secrets to creating any emotion instantly and on- loads of other acting courses and work-shops demand (get this right, and your scenes become 200% but I have to say, this is the one! more believable instantly). Penelope Meakin, Cheshire • Stimulate your belief in where the action takes place. ” Apply now at www.briantimoneyacting.co.uk/bootcamp/ T: 020 8906 6899 4 How Much Is Your Future Success as a Professional Actor Worth?

Now, you’re probably wondering how much the Introduction to Method Acting Boot Camp “costs”.

Yet, really... if you’re truly determined to become a serious and successful professional actor, you will immediately understand it’s the wrong question.

Because if you’ve understood the rest of my message to you so far, you now understand the real question should be “how much is my future success as an actor really worth?”.

And really... it’s priceless, isn’t it? If you truly have dreams, you can’t put a price on them. Students dissect a scene Or, to look at it another way, what would be the cost of your not being a successful professional actor? And as we’ve just agreed... the worth of your success, the Well, if your experience up to now is anything to go by, then I value to you of finally deciding to follow that dream you’ve think you already know the answer to that, don’t you? had for so long is literally beyond price, yes?

So with that in mind, I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised to And yet, even after all you’ve learned and understood up discover the fee for the Introduction to Method Acting Boot until now, I still want to make it as easy as possible for you to Camp is just £645, with an initial £100 Application Fee and the say “yes” to the Introduction to Method Acting Boot Camp. balance of £545 due if you’re accepted (naturally, if you’re not accepted onto the Introduction to Method Acting Boot Camp, So, I want you to come to the first day of the Introduction I’ll refund your Application Fee in full). to Method Acting Boot Camp as my Guest – there’s literally no risk, and you have absolutely nothing to lose. Now, perhaps somewhere in the back of your mind you might have been thinking £650 is a lot of money.

Well, maybe it is, and maybe it isn’t. I’ve just completed Brian Timoney’s “ Introduction to Method Acting Boot Camp – When you imagine how the “cost” is going to be spread over and, my word, it was literally the best weekend every glorious minute of the long days of your new successful I’ve ever had in my life. So many things to acting career, then it’s almost nothing isn’t it? do – it was so intense and we were pushed so hard – but when we got the results, it just felt I have just completed the Brian Timoney three- absolutely incredible. It was life-changing and “ day Acting Course. And I was blown away. It I just wish it could just go on for ever and ever! was absolutely even more than I expected. Can’t And to all of you out there who are reading recommend it enough – it was fantastic. this, who are on his website, I urge you just to Great bunch of people and, yes, it just shattered fill in that application form and just go for it every illusion that I had about the course – and because you’re not going to regret it – trust me! I highly recommend it. I’m hoping to do the one- Lauren Willis, Henley-On-Thames, Oxfordshire year course. Katherine Slocombe ” ” Apply now at www.briantimoneyacting.co.uk/bootcamp/ T: 020 8906 6899 5 Fair Warning

The Introduction to Method Acting Boot Camp is an intense and demanding experience and, frankly, is not going to be for everyone.

You see, everyone is not going to have the right mettle and determination to succeed. I’m not being rude or elitist – it’s just how it is. And this is important because places on the Introduction to Method Acting Boot Camp are strictly limited – not only this, but it always sells out way ahead of time, and I run it just twice a year.

For this reason, everyone who attends the Introduction to Method Acting Boot Camp must successfully pass through our Application Process, just to ensure you’re made of the “right stuff” and we want to be sure you are right for us just as Students working on character development in a scene much as we have to be right for you. I can, and do, turn away applicants who don’t meet our high standards.

While this might seem a little harsh, experience shows this works best for everyone – apart from anything else, you’ll know without a shadow of a doubt, everyone on the Because Here’s Introduction to Method Acting Boot Camp is committed, determined and qualified to be there, taking those first My Guarantee, all-important steps along the path to being a successful professional actor. My Cast-Iron So... Promise to You I’d love you to join me on the Thanks for a brilliant 3 days at your Method Introduction to Method Acting Boot “ Acting boot camp which has had a clear Camp... entirely at my risk. positive effect on me. I didn’t want it to end! And if after our first day together you feel for any This is just the beginning of a new journey reason, or even no reason at all, the Introduction to for me, so thank you. Method Acting Boot Camp is not going to be the springboard to your success as a professional actor... then simply reverse your decision and I’ll refund your Emma Kelly, Solihull, West Midlands fee immediately, without fuss or hassle – and we’ll still ” be friends. I can’t say fairer than that, can I?

I have completed many part time acting courses over the last few years and I can “ honestly say that this course ranks as the best. Brian is an excellent teacher, demonstrating the method acting skills to use in a clear way and encouraging the students to try them out taking risks but remaining focused on believability in the performance. I recommend this course for anyone interested in method acting. Brian at Boot Camp Mark Williams, Gillingham, Kent ” Apply now at www.briantimoneyacting.co.uk/bootcamp/ T: 020 8906 6899 6 Here’s What to Do Right Now, While You’re Thinking About It and Before Anything else Comes Up to Distract You

Just visit the link below and apply for your place on this P.P.P.S. Just one word of warning – places on the exciting and very exclusive Introduction to Method Acting Introduction to Method Acting Boot Camp are strictly Boot Camp. limited, and I know beyond a shadow of a doubt they will go very quickly once word gets out. www.briantimoneyacting.co.uk/bootcamp/ I’d hate for you to miss out, so I strongly urge you to reserve Places are strictly limited, and I’d be so sad if you were to miss your place now: out on this unique opportunity. Remember, I run just two of these Introduction to Method Acting Boot Camps every year, www.briantimoneyacting.co.uk/bootcamp/ and they always sell out. Remember: you risk nothing if you reserve your place now It’s all there waiting for you... all you have to do is follow your because if you attend the first day and find it’s “not for you”, dreams now... decide to be a successful actor... join me on the then you can simply reverse your decision and reclaim your full Introduction to Method Acting Boot Camp. investment in an instant.

Visit the link below and join me! www.briantimoneyacting.co.uk/bootcamp/ www.briantimoneyacting.co.uk/bootcamp/

Wishing you success!

Brian Timoney

P.S. Your reading this far tells me something about you. It Brian at Boot Camp with students should tell you something about yourself too. If you listen closely to that voice inside, sooner or later you’ll realise it’s saying you’re serious about your success as a professional actor.

And if you don’t let it happen now... when will you let it For more info call us on 0208 906 6899 happen? Or email www.briantimoneyacting.co.uk/bootcamp/ [email protected]

P.P.S. Remember: you risk nothing and have everything to To apply go to: gain, because if you’re not happy... then I’m not happy. www.briantimoneyacting.co.uk/bootcamp/ So, join me on the first day of the Introduction to Method Acting Boot Camp as my Guest... and if you believe The Method and everything I share with you is not going to unlock the door to your dreams of being a professional actor... then simply reverse If you have any questions, please feel free to call us your decision, and I’ll refund your fee immediately, without fuss on 020 8906 6899 or hassle - and we’ll still be friends. www.briantimoneyacting.co.uk/bootcamp/ www.briantimoneyacting.co.uk/bootcamp/

Apply now at www.briantimoneyacting.co.uk/bootcamp/ T: 020 8906 6899 7 I was preparing myself to write you an “ email with all of the best words that truly come from my heart about the course and the great experience you gave me and to the whole group. I must emphasise that it was the best course I have ever been to and the most challenging as well. I learnt a lot and I see life differently now. This is for those who would like to do the course: If you would like to be an actor and you are looking for the right training course….and you come across Mr. Brian Timoney’s courses, my advice is!!! Stop there… you are lucky. In Students creating emotion ‘on demand’ in a scene fact, very lucky. Start your course! I believe I achieved more than I expected. In fact, a few times I even cried, couldn’t help it! I want to say a great big thank you for the It was brilliant and I am proud to have absolutely fabulous Boot Camp experience. decided to do it. I would like to continue “ The entire three days were such an with it as you only get one chance. amazing experience for me – allowing If any of your future students would like to me to realise my desires, emotions, call me in order to speak about the course capabilities and my true self. The Boot please give them my number or my e-mail. Camp for me was the door that opened to I can’t wait to see you and hopefully to take lead me on the right path in terms of my part in your next course. future happiness. Thank you so much. The team liberated me and have given me the courage to seriously plan the rest of

Olsi Meneri, Watford, Herts my life. I’m going for it!!! Acting is the way forward for me. Without the Boot Camp ” experience, I don’t know if I would have had the courage to progress with acting. I’ve been armed with some great tools to The Boot Camp made for a fantastic help me take that leap. weekend and the content was completely “ Thanks so much once again. I hope to mind blowing. The energy in the room continue the Brian Timoney training was electric. There can be no doubt that it experience by being selected to attend the profoundly affected the attendees through its Ultimate Acting Programme, and I look energy and positivity and made us realise forward to the possibility of meeting you, we are only scratching the surface of our and meeting Brian and the team again. imaginations and abilities. If however, I am not so fortunate to be It will unquestionably have a lasting, selected, I would like to wish you all the life changing effect on our horizons and very best for the future - I wish you all joy aspirations. Everybody who’s seriously and success. considering an acting career should My sincere thanks and appreciation. definitely attend it. Reginald L Green ” Cathie Pearce ” Apply now at www.briantimoneyacting.co.uk/bootcamp/ T: 020 8906 6899 8