What my group did before we planned our shot as pretty much nothing.  We just read the lines a few times and went from there.  We realized that we should of talked over what the true emotions would have been if we were in that situation. 
Regarding the rule of thirds I don't believe we really followed those rules.  It wouldn't have been that hard but I guess we just forgot.
I feel that the OTS shots made our characters feel more relatable.  Thier impressions were enhanced.
With the dialouge since we didn't express real emotion forthe situation I feel that the dialouge wasn' that good.
The tone is kind of an excited but more of a confusing one.