11 second club: Interesting animation

Here is an example of two animations from the 11 second club competition. They take a quote from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" (1971) and take it into two completely different directions with regards to story.

http://www.11secondclub.com/competitions/december09/winner  deals with a poker game and http://www.11secondclub.com/competitions/december09/entry/l0zFU4 which is about a plane going down. Both are very interesting takes and because of the limitations of the quote, they naturally have to deal with the conflict between two characters but still, they are tackled in two very different ways. 
         The overall animation quality of the first clip is better than that of the second one but i feel that the second one has a higher level of characterisation and a better story. The ending where the parachute is taken by the more human character is unexpected and although not overly good technically, serves for a much more compelling story device than that of the poker animation. That being said, the overall emotions of the characters were stronger, from the look of disgust on the human's face to the sheer pride of the devil's victory. These things all gave themselves nicely to the atmosphere of the scene.
           There are issues with both, like most things, such as some issues where the characters don't seem weighted properly but looking past that, it is nice to look at the thought process of two animators so that different ideas and approaches to the same subject can be compared and interpreted. I like the use of dialogue in these animations and they will prove to be a valuable resource when it comes to my animation and the quote that I must choose. It is clear that characterisation is powerful and so, in order to create a powerful animation, this must be explored through the superhero and quote that I choose.