Kung Fu Panda Changing Perspective Speech. In the action-comedy film Kung Fu Panda directed by John Wayne Stevenson and Mark Osborne, the protagonist Po, the panda, an unlikely hero ultimately finds that his greatest weaknesses turn out to be his greatest

The catalyst for change is Master Oogway. He shares parts of his wisdom towards Po when they meet at the sacred peach tree of heavenly wisdom. After Po states his many flaws that make him lack behind, Oogway presents to him a saying, “Yesterday is a history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today’s a gift, that is why they call it present”. This implies that the present can be changed to how you please.

A scene with Shifu and Oogway begins to show change in Shifu. “That panda was not the dragon warrior, he wasn’t even meant to be here, it was an accident” Shifu deeply expressed. Oogway, symbolising Po as a peach after Shifu states a peach cannot defeat Tai Lung and replies, “Maybe a peach can, if you are willing to guide it, to nurture it, to believe in it”. He repeats “you just need to believe” to express importance while a close-up shot is used towards Oogway to show seriousness. “You must believe” he says a third and final time before he leaves.

Shifu’s perspective changes even more when he finds Po doing a perfect split. When Po says it was an accident, Shifu replies “There are no accidents” repeating what Oogway said earlier. Shifu brings him to the pool of sacred tears, and offers Po as his student. Po accepts. Shifu says “I am your master” emphasizing “am” to show he will be dedicated to his faithful student.

A complete change of Po is shown in the scene of his final test to retrieve a dumpling from Shifu. “I vow to train you, you have been trained, you are free to eat”. Po shows no signs of struggling as opposed to his first session of training. A low angle shot of Po is shown to highlight a complete change from a fat, clumsy panda into an outstanding warrior holding an unharmed dumpling with chopsticks. Master shows full respect for Po which is different to his initial perspective. Evidence of this is when they both bow as master and student.

Po shows his outstanding results of his training through his final fight with Tai Lung. Instead of a big, fat, panda in which everyone sees in the beginning of the film, he is the heroic dragon warrior where everyone acknowledges him including the Furious Five who address him as master, completely opposite to what they initially thought of him. Most importantly, Master Shifu says one last time “You are the dragon warror”.