The Original Trailer

This is the trailer from before the series became a crime mystery. These backgrounds are based on low res photographs pulled from the internet. The backgrounds for the series will be based on high res custom photographs, and will be composited in After Effects. Different elements of the backgrounds will be placed on different layers. Lights, camera movement, and focus will affect these layers differently, and the results will be more three dimensional.

Here's an example of Flash animation given 3D depth by compositing with After Effects:
The Boondocks