Subtitles, foreign language

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I am wondering how well FDP can handle subtitles and what I might take into consideration while shooting on the DVX100A?

I post in this forum because my preference would be to edit in FCP. The subtitles will be an integral part of my documentary premise. The film will be an English language documentary but I will be interviewing foreigners extensively for a mostly American audience and even for those foreigners that are English-speaking, the American audience might need some "helper" subtitles for full comprehension.

Any ideas about the advantages of 60i or 30p or 24p for insertion of subtitles? I'd like to shoot 24p due only to the outside chance that someone [other than me] would find reason to pay for a celluloid transfer and print.

I'm not locked into any hardware or software yet but am leaning toward the DVX100a and FCP and will be forced to purchase at least production-related gear (rather than rent) because of the unusually long schedule and the necessarily random nature of the shoot itself.

Thanks in advance
Moe

[I'll cross-post this in the Cinematography forum because the query diffuses well beyond FCP.]
 
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