OTT + SUS = Nothing

There are two styles of acting. OTT or Over the top and SUS or Super-Under-Stated. Personally, Im a SUS and a good example of OTT = most Bollywood stars. Now I know that OTT has acquired a bad rap and is tend to looked down on but I disagree. I think they both have their uses and, specifically in the case of OTT, if consistently applied, can sway the audience away to a VERY strong emotional climax.

The problem arises when you mix and match. If you cast someone who is OTT with someone who is SUS, you have a scene that flounders. As an editor, you have to pull one back and push forward the other or one actor ends up looking bad. The composer also has to decide to either make one actor look bad or balance out his/her score to make them both look good because there are different ways of editing, composing for, sound-mixing for and so on for the OTT scene and the SUS scene.

I am facing one such scene in this film and its killing me right now. So back to that scene, lets figure this one out. More punch ins, more Close Ups for the SUS and more cut aways, less CUs for the OTT. Hopefully the scene will still have some impact. God knows. Lets see....

Re: the Paul Lee climax.