lip sync - staging

As you may have read, i decided to stage my lip syncing animation to appear to be conversation between to close friends, even though only one of the characters is speaking. I think this will add more believeability, I found a useful page with a little history on the staging in cartoons thanks to the one and only John K. Have a little read:
http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2010/06/34-left-to-right-camera-angle-vs-over.html
So, as a little prep work, ive looked into some staging for conversation. I eventually narrowed it down to two possible shots: profiles views: where both characters are in the shot, and over the shoulder.


"2 Profile views"


(http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2010/06/34-left-to-right-camera-angle-vs-over.html)


"Over-the-Shoulder - is a medium or close up shot including 2 actors taken over the shoulder of one actor and showing the face of the other actor."

(reference from http://production.4filmmaking.com/cinematography1.html)

With the over the shoulder view the focus is more on the exspression and emotions of the individual speaking in the conversation itself. I think this would be alot stronger than using the 2 profiles, the 2 profiles looks more like its been designed - like a painting or a still sketch, which works for 2D animation but for 3D animation we are focusing on the the characters performance.