thanks for all the feedback guys, great to be the first to win this, good luck to everyone else in the future who enters

Excellent! Well written, great acting, and moody lighting. This gives me an idea for what Indy Mogul looks for in the submissions. I will remember this.

congrats birdboy. i'm already a fan. keep it up, you've made some really cool stuff so far.

very, very good :)!

In my opinion, a good dramatic short needs to have a good payoff at the end, and that is exactly what we got here, good understated performances that drew me in, then a good solid payoff. Keep it up!

That was a very good short, I liked it.

Fairly good, but you do realise that policemen are not assigned to investigate cases in which they have any emotional involvement, right? A policeman would not be interviewing a suspect in his brother's murderer.

In my opinion Darkness of Man is much better than Manhunt. Good job.

omg really awesome vid, if you had a better camera and a boom, i would have thought that it was a "real" production :)

An excellent short movie. The acting was very good and I loved the black an white look. Excellent job Birdboyross.

Awesome short! I don't know much about the police, but that's exactly how I'd imagine a questioning in the UK. You sounded like a proper copper. :p The moody lighting suited the film well, and the dialogue and acting was very convincing. The only criticism I'd make is the murder scene - personally, I think it should have been without music and a lot faster paced, cutting to a quick reaction shot after revealing the photo, then the hand stabbing for just a second, then the shooting immediately after. But that's just my opinion, and I think the short is brilliant as it is. Great work!

Wait. I'm confused. The guy killed who was questioning him? And he came back to get revenge? The characters were a little bit difficult to distinguish between, at least with the reveal of the photo at the end. But other than that, the acting was quite good and the lighting with brilliant. Great Job.

One of the best shorts I have seen! Congrats Ross!

yes chrisl it did...and it is very good.

this won? are you kidding me???

Thanks for mentioning my name... Good job best of luck. DON'T FORGET ME INDY MOGUL!

excellent Wes ..I was waiting for this all day! Definitely a deserving winner. Congratulations Bridboyross