Nope, you won't push it away. Let me guess, first time doing something like that (or any kind of higher education?). You are wondering what the point is of all of that, right? I mean, you want to be an artist and its all about the portfolio. So who gives a shit about some stupid paper no one will ever read, right? I've…
Carefull about that. We had it too in our class and in the end I have to call it BS. Its an excellent practice for learning the skills for compositing, composition itself, lighting and all other stuff that trains the eye. BUT it doesn't fit all jobs and it can hut your application. There are enough tipps about how your…