Tepui

Director/Screenwriter Pete Docter, Co-Director/Screenwriter Bob Peterson, and other key members of the “Up” production team took a research trip to Venezuela to explore the “lost world” of the Tepui tabletop mountains.

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He continues on about the setting, saying that a large part of this film takes place in this jungle of South America, these amazing Tepui tabletop mountains.

First Look: Pete Docter Reveals More on Pixar's Up « FirstShowing.net 2008

All that we were shown at Comic-Con was a video outlining the development of this project that included some concept art (including the scene at the very top), some aerial shots of the Tepui region, and some early animation of Carl and Russell.

First Look: Pete Docter Reveals More on Pixar's Up « FirstShowing.net 2008

He decided to set most of the film in the isolated region of the Tepui Mountains in Venezuela (as seen below).

First Look: Pete Docter Reveals More on Pixar's Up « FirstShowing.net 2008

No, that's a real waterfall - it's a real photo of the Tepui region.

First Look: Pete Docter Reveals More on Pixar's Up « FirstShowing.net 2008

One of the discoverers wrote the Tepui book I mentioned a while back.

Big weekend 2009

The Tepui mountains, Angel Falls and its surreal environment and creatures made it one of most enjoyable animated films of the year for me.

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One of the discoverers wrote the Tepui book I mentioned a while back.

Carnivorous plant links 2009

Visits to the Tepui summits by hikers and campers result in trampled vegetation, stripping of woody species for firewood, escaped fires, and littering; all of which threaten species and habitat.

Tepuis 2008

The Tepui ecoregion as a whole comprises four phytogeographic districts based on floristic and geographical criteria, each grouped into mountain blocks, and each containing its own set of characteristic and endemic taxa.

Tepuis 2008