APRIL 2023 VOL. 104 NO. 4 Contents Features 16 An Artful Apocalypse A team of cinematographers helps transform a video game into a hit HBO series. " The Last of Us is not only a story about surviving the post-apocalyptic world, " says Ksenia Sereda, RGC, who shot the pilot. " It's about surviving emotional loss and learning to build again. " 32 More Than a Feeling: Daisy Jones & The Six Checco Varese, ASC and Jeff Cutter dramatize the conflicts within a fictional musical supergroup for a 10-part Amazon series. 32 44 2 / APRIL 2023 44 Virtual Production: Broadcast Inspires Cinema ASC member Robert Legato offers his thoughts on how virtual-production techniques used in cinema are often field-tested in the broadcast realm. 50 Sam Nicholson, ASC: Uncharted Territory AC profiles the visual-effects cinematographer honored with the 2023 Curtis Clark ASC Technical Achievement Award. Departments 8 Letter From the President 10 Shot Craft: Electrical Distribution on Set 58 Global Village: Athena 64 Clubhouse News 68 New Products and Services 72 Wrap Shot: Night of the Living Dead (1968) VISIT THEASC.COM On Our Cover: A wary survivor of a global pandemic (Pedro Pascal) peers out at a world overrun by the " infected, " who have mutated into horrific new forms, in The Last of Us. (Photo by Liane Hentscher, courtesy of HBO.)http://www.THEASC.COM