Resizing 1080 footage in a 720 timeline

I have an interview shot at 1080/30p and my finished product will be 720x1280. I'd like to work in a 720 timeline and take advantage of the extra data in the 1080 footage to punch in occasionally with an edit and resize. I.e. create close-ups even though a close-up wasn't shot by zooming into the footage. My logic tells me that should work so long as I don't go too far.
But when I do this--punching in say 30%--these "close-ups" are soft and/or pixelated even after render or export. Is my logic flawed and this just shouldn't be done?

i've had that experience too. mine was shooting in 1920 and editing in 1280, but i noticed the 1920 when blown up has that look. the best you can do i think to avoid that "soft" look, is to shoot framed in a way that you're maybe an MCU then your edit won't need to be larger to get that CU feel. i don't really know what else to do.

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