Witness as a thriller

DEFINITION: These are types of films known to promote intense excitement,suspense, a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation,uncertainty, anxiety, and nerve-wracking tension. Thriller and suspense films are virtually synonymous and interchangeable categorizations, with similar characteristics and features.

Primary elements of  the Thriller as a genre	Witness as a thriller Illustration in the film
1.Central protagonist  The central protagonist(s) faces death, heir own or someone else.	John Book is the protagonist and we can see that in many scenes he faces death because he is working in a case of a murder. Also his friends who help him face death.
2.Force/s of antagonism  The force/s of antagonism must initially be clever and/or stronger than the protagonist	We can see that in this film the forces of antagonism are a higher up coworker and not suspicious at all because one of them has an important award and is picture is put in a frame in the agency.
3.Main storyline  The main storyline for the protagonist is either a quest or the character who cannot be put down.	John Book cannot be put down because he's the main character and if he dies the story will end. Even if he faces death he'll always get on well.
4.Main plotline  The main pot line focuses on a mystery that must be resolved.	The main pot line is firstly to find the murder of this police at the train station, but then when we know it the mystery is what will happen with John Book and Rachel.
5.Narrative construction  The film's narrative construction is dominated by the protagonist's point of view.	We can think that the narrator of this film is John Book because we discover the Amish way of life through John's eyes.
6.Action and characters  All action and characters must be credibly realistic/natural in their representation on screen.	Every character is credible and no one is exaggerated. The characters express their emotion in the exactly moment. We can even think that is a documentary when we see the Amish world.
7.Major themes  The two majors themes that underpin the Thriller are the desire of justice and the morality of individuals.	In this thriller film the major themes are the search of justice through John's book actions because he tries to fight against injustice and he applies himself a lot.
8.Small but significant aspect  One small but significant aspect of a great thriller is the presence of innocence in what is seen as an essentially corrupt world.	I think that Samuel (Rachel's son) is the innocent character who doesn't know the world and now he's discovering it. Even if he lives in a pacific world (Amish world) he needs to know the modern world and all the problems that are around him (he faces death at the train station, just in the beginning)