How long does it take to color a movie ?

Before you run to the point one should know the elements in coloring

Color correction 

Color grading and match grading,

What is color grading and its different styles in film?

It's one of the parts of the process that can make your video content stand out from the rest of what's out there, and help you make a name for yourself in the video production world.

What is color grading?

Color grading is the term for the process of changing the colors in a piece of video content.  As opposed to color correction, this isn't done to fix a problem or correct a mistake in coloration.

Instead, it's done to create a mood or for other stylistic purposes. However, you do usually use the same tools and techniques for film color grading as you would color correction. 

Why is it important to understand color grading?

It's important to understand color grading because it's an important tool you can use to transform your video content. Some different color grading styles you may want to consider trying out include:

• Cross processing

• High contrast

• Low contrast

• Color pop

• Bleach bypass

• Blue washed

• Orange washed

• Highly saturated

• Minimal saturation

Of course, you can always invent new and exciting ways to use color grading to change up your style.

Experimenting is always an important thing to do when you're getting into the world of video production.

When to apply color grading to photos and videos?

If you're looking to stylize your content, you'll probably want to include color grading in your photo or video production process.

You can use color grading to change settings between different scenes in your film. For example, you can use Sepia tonnes or black and white when you flash back to previous points in time, so the audience can easily tell when there's a change in time or location.

You can use color grading to change the mood and add suspense to different scenes. The brightness of a photo or video can bring light and change the atmosphere of a scene, or create a darker or grittier mood. 

I personally (Ochwo Emmax) have worked on several feature projects and atleast a standard feature has taken up 12-17 days ,roughly two weeks depending on how the footage was shoot and cut not forgetting the nature or type of camera, used has also affect both positively or negatively on certain projects,

During MANIA (amovie directed by samuel Saviour) I had 4 days of coloring a two hour joint cuts, luckily it was shoot and lightened well

I say it depends on the number of cuts & transitions and what I call "the degree of difficulty." A 45-minute documentary with 1000 cuts shot very badly under unpredictable lighting will be much harder to do than a 45-minute documentary with 300 cuts that's lit very well. I've done some tough, tough reality shows with 1200 cuts in 12 hours, because that's all the time the client had. They were thrilled with the results, given how awful the initial material looked. Two days would be a far more comfortable schedule. Marc Wielage

For features, I think 1 day for conform, 1 day for an overall pass, then 1 day per reel (say 6 days), then 2 days for review and 1 day for renders is about right for a decent indie feature. So that's 10-11 days if possible. I've done them in 5 days, but they have to be willing to not be as precious about difficult shots