I couldnt help but think back to Tim Burton, when he made Batman and Batman Returns.

He always said that his second Batman film as being far more of his film than the one before.

Was there any parallel there for you?

Well, you know,(500) Days Of SummerI made in a laboratory with my friend.

It was just something you go in and tinker around with.

Its not about me.

Its not an auteur kind of experience.

Its just not about me, its the only way I can describe it.

So I wouldnt use the same terms as Tim Burton necessarily.

But its about protecting and engaging that character, and trying to service that universe.

To protect what people love about him.

Its a different muscle, and its about embracing that.

Even just when youve got Spider-Man swinging around the skyscrapers of New York.

Well, its interesting.

One of the things I learned from the first movie…

I had less confidence in the visual effects.

I hadnt gone through it: I didnt know if it was going to look right.

I had more confidence in that.

I just need to start early.

I was just more confident in that part of it.

And when youre having that kind of experience, youre thinking in a different way.

I would cut more to keep the energy up.

But then I watched it in IMAX, right before we were going to finish the movie.

And I thought shit, I cut too much.

Where did you see the movie?

On a huge screen in London.

Not IMAX, though.

So I was like, Im going to hang longer on shots.

Im going to try and play the action out in longer, broader strokes.

Which I think allows you to have an interrupted, more emotional physiological response.

I wanted it to be bigger.

I stepped back a little bit and allowed things to happen in a wider frame.

It was a very technical thing, but it has a huge impact on peoples experience of it.

So the stakes feel alive.

That to me is what gives another layer to the action.

I really liked the Times Square sequence.

I dont even want to think logistically how tricky that was to do!

I thought you were quite patient here.

We got a build-up, it played out, we got the after.

Where the whole internet seems to be trying to take photos of what youre trying to do?

We built Times Square!

Is that in your back garden at home now?

[Laughs]Yeah!

I Tweeted some pictures of it.

We created an environment thats scaled to life size.

And it was massive.

There wasnt enough equipment in New York to do it.

We had to fly equipment in from Los Angeles and Canada to achieve what we needed to achieve.

It was logistically by far the most difficult thing Ive ever had to do.

I think Spielbergs biggest ever set was for The Terminal.

Ah, because they built the whole thing!

So which do you think is bigger?

Your Times Square, or his Terminal?

I havent seen the layout!

Could your Times Square fit in his airport?

Ha, that is a super nerdy question.

You should get the plans.

Mark Friedberg[production designer]did a brilliant, brilliant design!

They get really mad at you if they find anything out, even though theyre pursuing finding that out.

And its tricky, and I appreciate it.

There was even a drone, with a camera, that was flying over our set!

It got knocked down, and we found it.

I dont know whose it was, and where it came from.

We were like, what is going on?

We were naive about it.

Had Jamie Foxx ordered some books?

He was getting some stuff delivered.

But it is an interesting thing, and we do strive to protect the trickier parts of the plot.

What is your plan post-Spider-Man.

The Raimi approach was to do something smaller after three Spider-Man films…

I dont know yet!

Weve got to figure out theSinister Six.

Drew has some really cool ideas, which I cannot get into!

But were talking about that, and building out the universe in a way that will be interesting.

Its a tradition that we ask our interviewees what their favourite Jason Statham movie is.

No, no,Crank.

No,Transporter [grins].

Marc Webb, thank you very much.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is out on 16 April.