Helium Vision

We found ourselves present for a rare and gentle alignment of time: Jon Batiste performing at Dick Van Dyke’s 100th birthday party, offering “When You’re Smiling” to a quiet circle of family and friends. In this moment, the song didn’t just play — it transcended. Dick and his wife Arlene received it not as performance, but as feeling, as memory unfolding in real time. Around them, generations of the Van Dyke family cheered, voices and hands joining in, the moment glowing softly to celebrate 100 years of a national treasure and a beautiful human being. ///Credits/// Featuring: Dick Van Dyke @official_dick_van_dyke Arlene Silver @bijoubox Jon Batiste @jonbatiste Matt Von Roderick @vonrockstar Marquis @mrhowellmusic Directed and Edited by: Vice Cooler @vicecooler Producer: Sapna Chhabra @sapisonic Director of Photography: Dalton Blanco @daltoncamera A Video by: @heliumvision Event Creatives: Chris Isaacson @chrisisaacsonpresents & Arlene Silver @bijoubox Live Sound: @nsfilou Event Rentals: @townandcountry_eventrentals #DVD100

Thanks to everyone who has watched our @vintagesynthmuseum & @ghostwood.manor docs! We are about to hit 1k subs! Please share to friends and do an early join of our Patreon if you’d like to support - paid tiers are coming soon and will help us finish all the cool stuff we have planned for the next few months! For now here is a portrait of @k.joseph.karam by @vicecooler during the @vintagesynthmuseum film shoot last year! Thanks again for the support and stay tuned for more live events and films!

Happy Halloween! Have you checked out our Ghostwood Manor documentary yet? It dives deep into how this incredible Pasadena maze was created. The link to this documentary (and the one on the Vintage Synthesizer Museum) are in our profile. The Ghostwood Manor is also open on selected nights this weekend. Check them out if you are in the area!

In this second episode of Helium Vision, we invite you into a world that hums with the strange and the beautiful—the Vintage Synthesizer Museum (VSM). Founded in 2013 by the avid synthesizer historian Lance Hill, this “living museum” exists in a space where the past and present come together to offer an immersive experience into the magical world of sound. It’s not just a museum—it’s a place where visitors and artists can disappear into their work, perform in a unique atmosphere, or learn the art of synthesis. Initially opening its doors in Oakland the VSM is now nestled in the heart of Los Angeles, this space has since witnessed the presence of many modern visionaries—Damon Albarn, Egyptian Lover and Neurosis, to name a few—each leaving behind their own distinctive imprints. Come with us, as we step into the otherworldly corners of the Vintage Synthesizer Museum and uncover the tales of the instruments that dwell within. Please subscribe, join our Patron & follow our socials in order to support future documentaries like this: Patreon.com/heliumvision Instagram.com/heliumvision Heliumvision.com ///Credits/// Featuring: Lance Hill @vintagesynthmuseum Kareem Karam @k.joseph.karam Directed & Edited by Vice Cooler @vicecooler Producer: Sapi Chhabra @sapisonic Director of Photography: Dalton Blanco @daltoncamera Camera Op: Adam Franklin @adamscottfranklin Camera Op: Vice Cooler @vicecooler Audio Engineer: Scott Cornish @actuallyadog Story by Vice Cooler & Sapi Chhabra Music by: Lance Hill, Kareem Karam Original Score by Vice Cooler Find out more on the VSM here: /

Thanks to everyone who came out to tonight’s SOLD OUT screening of our upcoming @vintagesynthmuseum doc at @zebulonla ! It was our first @heliumvision night in LA and we appreciate the support. Stay tuned for more announcements and THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT!

Cut scene from our @ghostwood.manor doc of Stephen Taylor giving us a night tour of his haunt The Wreck of The Crimson Dagger! This scene is up now for viewing on YouTube! Link in bio. This was shot last fall and we are looking forward to see what he built for 2025! Director @vicecooler Producer @sapisonic DP @daltoncamera

Have you seen the @ghostwood.manor documentary yet? Get in the Halloween mood by watching how one man built a life size, sunken pirate ship as a hybrid maze & display! In this segment from the film we caught one of our favorite comedians @brentweinbachcomedy as he walked through for the first time. Follow our YouTube and join our Patreon to stay updated on more documentaries like this!

Join us for a sneak preview of the upcoming @heliumvision documentary on the @vintagesynthmuseum (VSM) ! This live event will take place for FREE on September 30th 2025 at @zebulonla ! The evening, curated by VSM, will be hosted by @georgethechen and feature a rare live trio performance by @vintagesynthmuseum @vicecooler and @k.joseph.karam with DJ sets by @danz_cm and @pearlandtheoystersband There will also be a short QNA following the film between George Chen, VSM and some of the film team of Helium Vision (VC & @sapisonic ) If you can’t make it don’t worry as there might even be a live stream by @daltoncamera on the @heliumvision YouTube channel! Be sure to follow to stay updated!

Watch our first documentary! Available on YouTube now! In this inaugural episode of Helium Vision, we invite you to drift to the bottom of the ocean where one of Pasadena’s greatest haunted houses dwells among the monsters of the deep….in a place named Ghostwood Manor. Conceived in 2020 by Stephen Taylor — a resident of Pasadena — this homemade haunt emerges once a year to the delight of everyone from neighbors to the most seasoned haunters. Ghostwood Manor exists at the threshold between the worlds of haunted houses and elaborate Halloween displays, creating an entirely new experience of spectral fantasy constructed within the space of a driveway. In this episode, we step behind the curtain as Stephen Taylor reveals the making of The Wreck of the Crimson Dagger — a life-size, sunken pirate ship maze that he built by hand. Enter the haunted shipwreck as it rests at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea beneath the moonlit tides, forgotten by time, haunted by the ghosts of sailors whose names have long since drifted away into the whispers of the ocean’s currents. Helium Vision is a documentary series that explores creative people and spaces. Please subscribe, join our Patreon & follow our socials in order to support future films like this - Link in bio to help and support! ///Credits/// Featuring: Stephen Taylor @ghostwood.manor Chris Mathews Brent Weinbach @brentweinbachcomedy Directed & Edited by Vice Cooler @vicecooler Producer: Sapna Chhabra @sapisonic Director of Photography: Dalton Blanco @daltoncamera Audio Engineer: Vice Cooler Original Score by Vice Cooler Story by Vice Cooler & Sapna Chhabra

PRESENTATION ANNOUNCEMENT: Join us on Saturday, August 16 at Midsummer Scream for the world premiere of a new documentary about the making The Ghostwood Manor home haunt, followed by a Q&A with the haunter and filmmaker! Helium Vision is a new documentary series covering creative people and spaces. This debut episode covers the history Stephen Taylor’s Ghostwood Manor haunt “The Curse of the Crimson Dagger” - a life size sunken pirate ship that he built as a maze in his Pasadena driveway. With: Stephen Taylor, Prop Designer and Technical Coordinator - A Noise Within Theatre, Home Haunter, "Ghostwood Manor" @ghostwood.manor Vice Cooler, Director at Helium Vision @heliumvision and Founder of Haunts of LA @vicecooler Moderated by Rick West, Co-Founder/Creative Director, Midsummer Scream. Passes to Midsummer Scream, Aug. 15-17 at the Long Beach Convention Center, available now.