Audience expectations

When purchasing a product, we as the customer expect to get something out of it. We expect certain things of the product, and it to fulfill our needs. So, when creating my final magazine I need to choose whether it will be conventional and have elements on it which the audience would expect, or unconventional and something different which the audience may or may not like, as it could be too unconventional and have something on it that they don’t expect and could react badly to it. However, it could be a good thing because it's something different and unique, and unconventional to other magazines.

The brief is to create a music magazine, which I need to decide whether it will be conventional or not. In a typical music magazine we would expect;

• Music related stories/articles
• Pictures of singers
• Daily music news
• Double page spread/interview
• Barcode
• Contents page
• Colourful and eye-catching background
• New song releases
• Masthead (front cover)
• Main image
• Price
• Date/issue

So, to make my final magazine successful, I must try and include all of the above. However, I could make it unconventional and surprise the audience, which could turn out better or worse.