Tacet.
Brand Reference · June 2026 · a Dunwell company
The pause before you go live — production and social media for brands that stay current and competitive.
01 — The Mark

◉ The lens

The ◉ (fisheye, or lens circle) is Tacet's mark. It reads simultaneously as a camera lens, a live indicator dot, and a targeting reticle — three things a production company does: see, go live, and focus. It works at any size. Always set in amber gold. Never in neutral grey or white.

Large · 48px
Medium · 32px
Small · 20px
On light · 32px
Tacet.
Stay current. Stay competitive.
Dark — primary
Tacet.
Wordmark only
Tacet.
Stay current. Stay competitive.
On light background

02 — Colour

One palette. One accent.

Tacet runs dark — always. The near-black background is the brand's canvas. Amber gold is the only accent; it should always feel like a light source, not decoration. Cream is the text tone. The palette doesn't flex — it holds.

Background
#0c0b0f
Page canvas
Surface
#141218
Cards, panels
Cream
#ece2cd
Body text
Amber Gold
#c9a94a
Accent — only this
Muted
#8a7e6a
Secondary text

03 — Typography

Three voices, one production.

Serif for the brand's editorial presence — headlines, hero moments, the name. Sans for the working interface — service copy, body, navigation. Mono for the technical layer — labels, eyebrows, metadata. Each voice has one job.

NewsreaderSerif — editorial
Hero, wordmark,
pull quotes,
section headers
Stay current.
Stay competitive.
The pause before you go live.
Hanken GroteskSans — interface
Body copy, nav,
buttons, service
descriptions
Full-service production, built to move as fast as your audience.
We shoot it, edit it, post it, and grow it. One team covers the entire content loop — from shutter click to scheduled post.
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JetBrains MonoMono — technical
Eyebrows, labels,
service numbers,
meta text
+ What we do
01 — Photography  ·  02 — Videography  ·  03 — Social Media
04 — Live Streaming  ·  05 — Live Commerce  ·  06 — Mobile Production

04 — The Name

Tacet — what it means

Tacet is a musical direction meaning "be silent" — specifically, it signals that an instrument should deliberately hold its rest while the piece continues. It is not absence. It is intentional space. For a production company: the pause before the shutter clicks, the held breath before going live, the discipline to know what not to show.

"In music, tacet means hold — not stop. The note is coming."

The name rewards people who ask about it. That's intentional — it creates a moment to explain the philosophy: deliberate, considered production. Not everything needs to be loud.

Usage rules
  • Always capitalised: Tacet, never tacet or TACET
  • The period is encouraged in display: Tacet.
  • Pair with tagline in marketing contexts: "Stay current. Stay competitive."
  • Never add "Media", "Studio", or "Productions" — just Tacet
  • In footer: "Tacet · tacet.ca · a Dunwell company"

05 — Voice & Tone

Measured. Confident. Cinematic.

Write like the production team that shows up prepared, sets up quietly, and delivers something that makes the client look twice. Specific over vague. Direct over enthusiastic. The work speaks; the copy doesn't need to shout.

Tacet sounds like
Specific: "Broadcast-grade, not bedroom-grade"
Confident: "We come to you — no studio fees"
Measured: short sentences, no filler, no hype
Cinematic: references quality, restraint, craft
Honest about what's included and what isn't
Tacet never sounds like
×Hype: "We take your brand to the NEXT LEVEL!"
×Vague: "Creative solutions for modern brands"
×Guru-coded: "content creator", "social media guru"
×Casual: exclamation marks in service copy
×Padding: any sentence that doesn't do real work

06 — Design Do / Don't

Cinematic restraint.

Tacet's visual language is dark, precise, and deliberate. Every element is either necessary or it isn't there. The amber gold is light — use it as such: sparingly, meaningfully, never decoratively for its own sake.

Do
Dark backgrounds — always. This is a dark brand.
Amber gold as accent only — never fill, never background
Newsreader for every headline — it carries the brand
Thin hairline rules and mono eyebrows for structure
High-quality photography — real shots, real lighting
Subtle animated elements — shimmer, slow rotation, pulse
Don't
×Light backgrounds — breaks the brand immediately
×Rainbow gradients or neon colours of any kind
×Ring light / smartphone photography as portfolio work
×Rounded pill buttons — sharp corners (3px) only
×SVG illustration — use real photography or nothing
×More than one accent colour — gold is the only one

07 — Services

What Tacet delivers.

01
Photography

Commercial and content photography. Events, editorial, brand campaigns. Every frame earned.

02
Videography & Post

Brand films, reels, event coverage. Brief to final cut. Ready to publish.

03
Social Media Management

Content calendars, community management, analytics, and growth — handled.

04
Live Streaming

Broadcast-grade live production for launches, events, and announcements.

05
Live Commerce

Shoppable live streams. Creator and product setups, end to end.

06
Mobile Production Unit

Full rig, on location. No studio needed. We come to you.

Tacet.
Brand Reference · tacet.ca · a Dunwell company · June 2026