Assignment 2: My goal/Rationale

What I was hoping to achieve was a scene where toothless lived before he meets Hiccup. I imagined the camera to slowly zoom in on the cave and swoop over it as if toothless was the camera. Then it would show the inside of the cave, where toothless sleeps on a podium-like structure.
This has only been half achieved as I was not able to figure out how to get the camera to work, and then I had an error with the rendering.
I tried every way possible to make things work, but with the amount of time I had left, I decided to show everything I had done in my workbook. -hoping that it is enough.
Everything is there, I just couldn't work out how to put it all together in time.

Assignment 2: Textures

Here are some textures I have considered/ used for my final scene:

Assignment 2: Music Research

Assignment 2: Final Submission

Sadly I have had some trouble with Maya
-In understanding the program and getting my final scene to render.

Because of this issue, I am unable to submit my final product.
However, I have shown my workings on how I went about it, and how I made my decisions etc.

Here are some screen shots of what I have managed to complete.

Assignment 2: Screen Shots of my workings

First attempt on modelling a cave

Second attempt on cave- It's much smoother and
cleaner than the last attempt

Tried to make a tree- Sadly couldn't use it in my scene
(it would not export of paste into it)

First go on making a rock

First look at making terrain/land for the cave to sit on

I thought of changing my idea of the cave to a tower, but
it doesn't look as effective and the movie doesn't have any
towers in it anyway.

Carrying on with the cave idea, and adding things
on the inside

Finalizing the cave- texture 

Finalizing the cave- texture
and adding bits on the outside.

Assignment 2: Video Tutorial Practices

Here is a practice run for this tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=uri8KYzs2ac

Assignment 2: Some Helpful Tutorials

Here a some tutorials that I will hopefully find useful for my scene.
Since my scene is where Toothless lived before he met Hiccup, the main setting of the scene is a cave in the middle of the ocean.
So,
To create this mountain-like-cave, I will need to have a look at these video tutorials:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=uri8KYzs2ac
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=E-tUnEFwHRQ

This video could help with the ocean around the cave:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=H4jnbmeEi8U

And I think these videos will be helpful for the interior design and vegetation of the cave:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Ce-GH0Ztn30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RP41Bu25zAs