In Life of an American Fireman (1903, shot in 1902), Porter was the first filmmaker to attempt to show a character's thoughts.
And in The Great American Train Robbery (1903), the most popular film in America before 1912, is the first film to use an elliptical jump in time. In fact, the film not only jumps forward but also jumps back to the opening scene. Its ending shot proved so popular that most filmmakers used the same sort of shot to end their films for the next five years.
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