You can do either of those with CTA.
For your fist method: For each "set" create a separate project. Export each set sequence and then put everything together in a video editor (NLE).
For the AWS video example: Use the camera movement to zoom out to get more of your scene.
Jeff
Get my Plugin Manager and TaskNotes plugins for iClone.
Check out EZColors and Other products for CTA/CA. EZColors: the easy way to change Render Styled (RS) colors!
See my CTA Tutorials on the YouTube channel CTAStepByStep