Advanced Interactive Systems

AIS employs a team of Content Development professionals, committed to providing customers with the highest quality of targeted and effective training scenarios. Having a dedicated production team in-house enables AIS to quickly develop and produce effective training scenarios based on unique customer learning objectives.

By offering complete pre- to post- production and professional videography, the Content Development Team-comprised of seasoned AIS multimedia and training professionals-can work directly with the customer to produce scenarios relevant to the customer's training goals. In addition to developing specific training scenarios in-house, the Content Development team has a proven track record of engaging and managing industry-leading filming studios and acting talent pools to provide supplemental, quality development resources when required.

AIS offers a proven, three-pronged model for customers to obtain the best training content available in the industry:

Develop and provide an extensive standard library of scenarios based on extensive knowledge of known customer learning objectives
Develop unique customized training content for individual customers. This is a full-service model where the AIS team scripts, develops and produces the training content and final scenarios.
Offer the PRISim Authoring tool and train customers on how to develop their own content per specific training needs.

AIS offers an Authoring option, enabling customers to develop their own customized training scenarios within our Use of Force, Marksman, and CGI products. These options provide the ultimate flexibility for customers to develop unique content only when required and utilizing their own team for filming and development. This ensures that the final product reflects the customers' training objectives. The AIS Content Development team offers extensive experience with training customers on how to leverage the Authoring tool and maximize their investment in this tool.

To achieve consistently superior production fidelity, the Content Development Team offers proven expertise in these key production areas:

Pre-production:

Actor selection
Script development
Finalizing training points
Site location selection
Designating subject matter expert (in this case, Marine Security Guard or MSG)

Pre-production:

On-location filming
Film crew
Actor management
Lighting and sound effects
Camera
Usually assumes one scenario completed per day

Post-Production:

Editing: digital capture of footage, adding special effects, sound sweetening
Scenario building: defining threat events, defining shot zones per customer requirements
Quality assurance and testing of final footage based on vigorous testing for content accuracy and reliability
Packaging, final production and disk ready

The AIS Content Development Team brings a combined 30 yeas of experience to the production of over 1000 high-quality judgment training scenarios for the PRISim® content library. In partnership with Subject Matter Experts the team has worked on a wide range of law enforcement and military projects including intense development work with special operation groups in U.S, Canada, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom and the UAE.

Other on going responsibilities include the production of marketing videos of products and services offered by AIS, the training of customers in utilizing the AIS scenario development software product and the AIS corporate web site.

David McLean
Multimedia Developer Supervisor
Mr. McLean is responsible for managing all multi-media projects and processes at AIS as well as management of the multimedia staff and budget. This includes overseeing website development, graphics production, video and commercial production. Mr. McLean brings more than 15 years experience in graphics, multimedia development and video production. Mr. McLean has directed, produced, and supervised talent and film crews in over 200 judgment scenario production projects including intense development work on location in Canada, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia. Other projects include several 30 second to 5 minute commercials for products and training used for Sky Marshal training in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the world trade center. Mr. McLean has degrees from the Art Institute of Seattle and Western Montana College of Fine Arts.

Adam Rosencrantz
Multimedia Developer
Mr. Rosencrantz has over 9 years experience in development, production, set lighting, and editing video and graphics. As a member of the AIS multi-media team, Mr. Rosencrantz is actively involved in all aspects of judgmental use of force branching video content and marksman graphics product production. Mr. Rosencrantz has experience in selecting and managing actors for branching video productions and has contributed his video expertise to numerous high-tech scenario production projects in the U.S and Canada. Mr. Rosencrantz has contributed to editing and adding hit zones to hundreds of branching video and marksman content sets. Mr. Rosencrantz has trained over a hundred customer personnel in utilizing the AIS scenario development software products. Mr. Rosencrantz has a degree from the Art Institute of Seattle concentrating in Video Production.