Table of Contents

As I have previously discussed, by main idea for a genre when creating my magazine, was to do a travel magazine of a tropical location specifically. I decided I wanted to do my magazine on a tropical area as I knew some about these areas seeing as I live in South Florida. I also wanted go focus on an island, specifically Puerto Rico, as I would have access to the location in the near future, due to a trip I had planned there.

Further, as I continue my research to create my travel magazines, I looked at table of contents for other magazines, specifically some on tropical locations. I dissected and analyzed three table of contents to get a feel for what I planned on writing.

This table of contents for the magazine Traveller is more simple and is a one page mainly. Like the conventions of many tables of contents in magazines, including travel magazines, there are pictures. The page is full of different pictures of what appears to be luxury hotels or locations. There are also photos of a model and a suitcase and lip gloss. These are adds placed here to draw readers attention in hopes they purchase the product. The table of contents is in smaller font and the title reads "In This Issue." This phrase is used to indicate that this is infact the table of contents and to show the readers what is in the magazine. The table includes page numbers next to a brief description of what can be found on such pages. This is a clear description that instructs readers but does not take too long to look through. These descriptions include the main topic of the pages in bold in order to easily clarify to readers what to expect. On the top of the page there is also an additional header that reads "Contents" in bold with the words Fall 2024 next to it to indicate the issue. I like the clean layout of this page and the simplicity of it.

This table of contents to the National Geographic follows their theme or common vibe. For National Geographic's travel magazine, they focus on adventurous locations and the natural activities you can do outdoors. This table of contents is a two pager, with a single phot those spreads across both pages. I like the use of this one photo as it stands out, even being in the background, and highlights what readers can expect to see more of in the issue. This high-quality photo also stands out against the simple information atop the photo. On the right side is a small paragraph describing the natural landscape of the country being highlighted, Ecuador, and makes the islands of Galpagoes seem appealing. The left side includes the table of contents in a small white box which gives a simple and clean look. the table of contents is easy to digest with the page number to the left of the title of the respective page.

This last table of contents is much busier than the other two as it is two pages with various boxes and pictures formatted throughout the two pages. On the left page there is primarily photos of what appears to be a tropical location and a luxury hotel or resort on the beach. These phots are appealing to readers and all share a common color scheme or whites and blues with some pops of yellow. These colors are also used throughout the text boxes, which contain various advertisements and a letter to the editor. The actual table of contents is very brief and is found in the upper left corner of the spread. This table uses a simple smaller font and includes a location as the pages title and the number to the left of the name. There is no elaboration as the table is short and sweet, and includes different front colors that tie together other pops of color in the photographs used.

Work Cited:

https://issuu.com/islandtimemag/docs/winter2023