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For what it's worth, I have a friend that works for Disney Character Voices and records all the voices for all their animated movies and video games (The Incredibles, 102 Dalmations, Jungle Book, etc).

He does a LOT of different things so it's hard to say "this" or "that" is what he does. It really all depends on the voice he is recording at the moment. You should see their mic collection too, it's amazing. You would think that recording voice would only require a couple mics. But no, they have everything from 416s to Manley Gold Ref mics and everything in between.

As for placement, sometimes he sets the mic a few feet away, sometimes only a few inches. Sometimes it's really high above the actor, sometimes it's not. Sometimes he sets up two microphones (one for loud passages and one for soft). And so on and so forth... There's no one "thing" he does. He uses his ears and adjusts accordingly.

One thing to note though... the rooms that he works out of are fairly large and very dead. Gobos are more to stop the bleed of other actors performing simultaneously in the room rather than to control reflections around the room.