Yes. A direct scene is moment-by-moment description of an event, usually with dialogue. This is intense and the reader needs some relief from this intensity, needs to be drawn back and take a longer, broader look at things.
I remember reading a book that I found interesting and well-written but it was one direct scene after another and after a while I found I had just stopped reading it. It lost me.
There are always exceptions. The Road is an exception.
For instance, say you are describing a moment at a command post, two characters involved and addressing one another and perhaps discussing a battle plan.
You can’t go on with that for too long. Even a shift away to another nearby scene will work -— anything that takes a longer view. For instance, shift from the two characters at the command post to something like,
“At that time the trains from Chattanooga had ceased to run regularly. Tracks had been torn up and rails dislodged, heated, wrapped around telephone poles. Smoking piles of debris were to be seen all along the tracks. Bridges were out...”
I just made that up. But you see there is a shift here from intense, detailed descrption (i.e. a direct scene) to narrative summary (summarizing a larger situation in general terms).
It is like a symphony — shifting between different levels of intensity. It can be quite elegant, and once you learn to use the two you will have a valuable tool.
Writers have known this for thousands of years. Check out Kings, Chronicles, etc. and you will see direct scenes followed by narrative summary. Also true for the Odessy, etc.
For a moment, I thought I was going to have rewrite my rewrite! :)