▁order ▁to ▁build ▁Doc ▁O ck ' s ▁pier ▁la ir . ▁It ▁had ▁been ▁Sp is ak ' s ▁idea ▁to ▁use ▁a ▁col lapsed ▁pier ▁as ▁O ck ' s ▁la ir , ▁reflect ing ▁an ▁expl oded ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁previous ▁lab ▁and ▁representing ▁how ▁Oct av ius ' ▁life ▁had ▁col lapsed ▁and ▁grown ▁more ▁mon str ous , ▁ev oking ▁the ▁cinema ▁of ▁Fritz ▁Lang ▁and ▁the ▁film ▁The ▁Cab inet ▁of ▁Dr . ▁Cal ig ari . ▁Fil ming ▁then ▁res umed ▁on ▁that ▁set , ▁having ▁taken ▁fifteen ▁weeks ▁to ▁build , ▁occup ying ▁Sony ' s ▁Stage ▁ 3 0 . ▁It ▁was ▁ ▁by ▁ ▁long , ▁and ▁ ▁high , ▁and ▁a ▁quarter - scale ▁mini ature ▁was ▁also ▁built ▁for ▁the ▁finale ▁as ▁it ▁col laps es . ▁Fil ming ▁was ▁still ▁going ▁after ▁Christmas ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁ ▁A ▁camera ▁system ▁called ▁the ▁Sp y der cam ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁allow ▁film m akers ▁to ▁express ▁more ▁of ▁Spider - Man ' s ▁world ▁view , ▁at ▁times ▁dro pping ▁fifty ▁stories ▁and ▁with ▁shot ▁lengths ▁of ▁just ▁over ▁ ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁or ▁ ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles . ▁For ▁some ▁sh ots ▁the ▁camera ▁would ▁shoot ▁at ▁six ▁frames ▁per ▁second ▁for ▁a ▁faster ▁play back ▁increasing ▁the ▁sense ▁of ▁speed . ▁Sh ots ▁using ▁the ▁Sp y der cam ▁were ▁pre - pl anned ▁in ▁digital ▁versions ▁of ▁cities , ▁and ▁the ▁camera ' s ▁movement