Mulvey's idea of ​​delay leaves room for a pause which is also part of the narrative. Chatman argues that defining description as simply having the aim of representing a scene or setting “eliminates, among other things, the description of an abstract state of things, or of the mental posture of a character, or, in fact, of anything that is visual or visualizeable” (446). perhaps Chatman has never seen "The Passion of Joan of Arc". Almost the entire film focuses on Joan of Arc's pleading expressions as she is threatened and persecuted through close-ups. his face, the viewer immerses himself in his state of mind. Yet Chatman asserts that: “the close-ups in no way invite aesthetic contemplation” (450). for it would be difficult to watch a film like “The Passion of Joan of Arc” without ruminating on Joan’s bewildered inner workings. The close-up does not take the viewer out of the story; it serves a purpose and fits into the driving plot of the