Has Color Grading Ruined Indie Films?

>>2953009
By no means is it color gradings fault, even in the past film makers would vary in film stocks for different color balances in feature films.
The problem is that these indie film makers are skimping on proper DI work and are tasking people who aren't professionals or competent to do color grading.
The bigger fault imo would be laziness or a recent trend of poor post production in low budget filming. Even basic editing and cuts look like shit in most indie films

>>2953009
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>>2953009
pls delet this hate symblo

The recession ruined indie films (mostly), but yes. It's strange when you see a film shot on an Alexa that looks substantially muddier than 16mm.

>>2953009
give examples fgt

>>2953009
Lack of common sense ruins color grading, color grading itself ruins nothing, it's great we have it.

The biggest problem I notice in indie films and with color grading in general is that, because you can match every shot perfectly and isolate/remove elements and colors, a lot of films try way too hard to have a 'look' throughout disregarding the fact that reality looks quite diverse if you move from one place to another. Something I love about cinematographers like Robbie Muller is how diverse the light fittings are between locations in a film, so while the film has a consistent look and tone in terms of camera and lighting STYLE, each location used has its own spirit that shines through without being removed in the grade.

The tools we have are great but it's really that many people using them have bad taste

It's not just indie films though is it? Saw some recent james bond and every shot was either yellow or blue.