TOC Analysis

Title: on the right hand side, misaligned so would not be good for readers with dyslexia. Is a huge font and shows clearly shows that this is a contents page from a glance which is good.

Editorial pillars on the right hand side, are very clear to see. Features and Fashion. Mine will be different in my magazine and I will also use a different font style than cursive.The article names and leading text looks somewhat irregular as there is too much leading text. The page numbers stand out as they are in black while the article titles are in grey.

Picture and picture credits are included: professional.

Date doesn’t look very clear and so would not be recognisable as a date which is bad. I will make sure to make my date look clearer in my magazine. This does not include an editor’s note.

This TOC features a famous singer and has an interesting colour

scheme which will hopefully fit in with the house style of the rest of

this magazine.

Title is on the left hand side is good as it follows eye flow. The Issue number and date are underneath it so is easy to locate. The title challenges conventions as it is an irregular font family but it is easy to see and so would allow the reader to tell what page this is easily.

Magazine name is included in the TOC page

There are around five pictures. I will follow this by having a lot of pictures in my TOC page.

Editor’s note and picture credits which is professional. It is at the bottom of the table of contents page. I will make mine be at the top as I prefer it to be further from the editorial pillars.

Editorial pillars, article names, leading text and page numbers on the right hand side. Editorial pillars are easy to see but hard to read. Page numbers are red to stand out and the pictures have page numbers for convenience and easy location.

Subscription box is professional and follows conventions

This TOC page has the most conventions out of the three TOC pages I’ve looked at

and from the house style it is clear that the magazine belongs to Kerrang.

Issue date and number at the top for easy location. Is also easy to read as it is white against black.

Only one picture much like the V magazine. This does not follow conventions because of the lack of images. The image also does not look connected to the music magazine however it has a page number on it for convenience and easy location which is good.

Editorial pillars, article names, leading text and page numbers on the left. Editorial pillars easy to recognise and the leading text is smaller than the article titles which makes them recognisable. The page numbers also stand out as they are red. The box at the bottom right is unrecognisable at a glance so is not good.

Title of the magazine included as well as the title for the contents page. On the left so is easy to locate and follows eye flow.

A good contents page but kind of plain and unappealing. I like the layout with the

coverlines on the left because it follows eye flow. It also has a clear house style shown in

this page.

Out of the three I find the Kerrang! TOC page to be the most attractive and so I will base my TOC page off of Kerrang’s. It will look something like this: but the real version will follow more media conventions. The look of this table of contents page challenges conventions but I feel like it does this effectively.

Pictures and page numbers

Editorial pillarsArticle titlesLeading textPage numbers

Editorial note Title