torches uh now in the movies uh peasants
grab these whenever they go on the
Rampage they torches and Pitch Forks
those are the two ingredients you need
for a peasant Rampage oh three you need
peasants um and uh if they want to find
someone someone so has gone missing he's
hidden in the woods quick get load of
torches we must go and find him no and
particularly if you don't want to be
found yourself a torch is really really
stupid thing to have um if you want to
be able to see at night you really don't
want a torch not if you're Outdoors uh
cuz will illuminate yeah it will
illuminate a rock wall if you're
immediately next to that rock wall um
but the main thing it does is night
blind you uh that is that's the main
thing it does to you um but for other
people it illuminates you so you know
exactly where I am don't you so for
instance if I'm looking for someone
who's lost in the woods someone who
doesn't want to be found um well he's
going to find it very easy to avoid me
because he'll see me he'll see the torch
um but I won't see him Now movie
directors always tell the actor um to
act looking for people so they're
they're looking that way they're looking
that way and they'll put the torch in
front of themselves so they if they when
they're looking that way they'll go
where is he can you see him can you see
him well I'll tell you what I can see
right now I can see fire and that's it
because I've just put the flame right in
front of myself well that that night
blinds me I'm Ser seriously I can see if
I look that way I can see the camera on
its tripod and I can see this flame and
nothing else at all just darkness now if
I want to look in that direction the
last thing I do is that what I do is
that I hold it high above me and behind
me now as my eyes get used to the change
in light uh now I can see that way I can
see leaves on the ground I can see a
tree over there rock face now I'm
starting to be able to see that way so
the last thing you do is night blind
yourself by doing that when you're
looking uh yes they do make quite a nice
Noise by the way
listen really if you want to see
anything at night the best thing to do
is just allow your eyes to become
accustomed to the darkness now I've
deliberately uh picked a moonless knight
to shoot this video uh because I wanted
it nice and dark and well it certainly
is now torches were used in war um you
could carry a torch forwards and then
throw it onto some works of the enemy
that was made of wood and possibly stand
some chance of setting fire to it so if
you wanted to carry a reasonbly big bit
of flame that wasn't going to go out
when you threw it then the torch was a
good idea so in war yes sometimes
torches were used under other
circumstances though torches aren't
nearly so useful New Horizons in science
now as we put the torch to the color
test
so can you tell what colors these these
cups
are if they're right next to the flame
oops if if they're right next to the
flame
that actually color perceptions not bad
uh but they only have to be short
distance away do you know actually even
arms length I think I yeah I can tell
what colors those are okay so there
there's a decent test as long as you
stand reasonably close to something you
can actually see what color it is by
torch light that was science that was
all right there you go