What Makes up an Opening Title Sequence?
Will you make a Title card or a Montage?
Title cards often have a logo- based around the narrative themes within the media work- in your case- a Crime Drama. The below video at around 3 minutes gives you 2 examples; Plain text animation & Montage. It then shows you how to create both.
Double Exposure (True Detective)
Animated Gradient Text Effect
https://youtu.be/44EN-q65zI0
Vignette
https://youtu.be/NKUetNZtosc
Vintage RGB Vignette
https://youtu.be/RTWFOEketWo
Gold/shiny Text
https://youtu.be/StWHnw6adOA
AFTER AFFECTS TUTORIAL
https://youtu.be/xV-vJySkROk