Entry 1

Option 1: The Great Train Robbery. The first western narrative ever made. The cast and plot were simple. A small group of bandits hold up a telegraph operator at a train station. They "convince" him to call to an oncoming train, and get it to stop. They restrain him and proceed to rob the train. After robbing the train, the bandits flee. In their hasty exit, they shoot a passenger in the in back. Next, the operator's daughter comes to his rescue. She frees him of his bonds and wakes him up.(he was knocked out) He leaves her and goes for help. He stumbles upon a shindig in progress and appeals to the men there to help him. They form a posse and hunt down the bandits. When they catch up to them, there is a big shootout. Evil is conquered. The bandits are all shot dead. The story is told using cross-cuts. There are multiple events happening at the same time in different locations. It was the first time someone shot at a man's feet to make him dance. The film ends with the bandit chief pointing his revolver and firing point blank into the camera. A great scene, but irrelevant to the plot.