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Originally Posted by TVPostSound  In plain language, its done to remove any indication it was done in a booth, that technique gives it more of a production shoot sound. |
Just to expand a little bit, the reason they are so far away from the mic is to avoid that obvious Voice Over sound. The technical term for sound you get when you record very closely to the mic is "Proximity Effect" which is very artificial sounding for dialog work.
Pricey large diaphragm mics are very sensitive (I use the TLM-103 and the 414B/ULS which are mid-price range), have great frequency range and are very "smooth" sounding.