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Home screen
Your first place for your latest news, reviews and features, the Home screen gives you access to the freshest content from TotalFilm.com.
Scroll down and you find tabs for 'Film News', 'Film Reviews', 'Film Features', and 'Film Trailers', each with three of the latest articles from that section.
But wait. There's more...
News home
Using the navigation bar at the bottom of the page - or by clicking on the 'Film News' tab - you'll be presented with the 20 most recent news articles from TotalFilm.com.
Review article
A review article page offers a snap shot of info on the film of your choice, with a star rating and BBFC rating clearly visible.
If you like what you read you can click the favourite heart.
And where available, you'll be able to view a trailer by clicking the 'Play' icon at the bottom of the screen.
Features home
The Features home screen - again accessible through navigation bar, or by pressing the tab on the home screen - gives you access to 10 of the latest Total Film features.
From Evolutions, to The Story Behind, from Best & Worst to Everything We Know, you'll never be far from our one of our trademark reads.
Click on the feature you want to read and you'll get...
Feature article
The Feature article page offers a simple navigation solution on the bottom nav bar, simply push the next arrow to continue reading, or go back to re-read one you liked.
Trailers home
The trailers screen can be accessed from the Home screen by clicking 'More' on the navigation bar, and then 'Trailers', or by clicking the 'Film Trailers' tab.
You have to have connection to wi-fi or your mobile service provider in order to watch trailers.
Click the trailer you want to see and you'll get...
Trailer article
The trailer pages are presented in wide screen, so you'll need to rotate your iPhone to horizontal - get supervision from a responsible person if you need help with this...
Of you want to pause, rewind or change the size of the trailer, click the screen and the navigation will reappear.
When you are finished, click the blue 'Done' icon in the top right to return to the previous screen.
Cinema Finder
One of the best features of the Total Film iPhone app is the Cinema Finder, which can be accessed through the bottom nav bar.
You'll be presented with a list of cinemas within 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 miles of the location.
If you wish to use your iPhone's GPS to find you the nearest cinema, then turn on the 'Use Current Location' function.
Cinema times
The Cinema time screen will give you the name of your chosen cinema, the address and phone number, and will show you the showtimes at that location for today as default.
Scroll down the page and you'll find showtimes for every film screening at the location of your choice on the day of your choice.
If you visit a certain cinema or cinemas frequrently, click the favourite heart in the bottom right of the screen to save this one of your favourite locations, meaning you won't have to search for it next time.
Favourites home
The app will hold 20 of the latest reviews, 20 leates news, 10 latest features and up to 10 of the latest trailers. These will disappear from the app in chronogical order as new articles appear.
To find the favourites screen, click 'more' on the bottom nav bar, adn then click favourites to see your list of stored content.
Settings screen 1
The settings screen can be accessed through clicking 'More' on the bottom nav bar, and then 'Settings'.
Share
You can share any article on the Total Film app with friends, family and colleagues, either by Email, Twitter, or Facebook - or all three!
Click the button you wish to use - for Facebook and Twitter you'll be asked to log in with your username and password - and share content you've been enjoying with your network - it's that easy!
