I'm pretty sure the "ding" sound is part of the sound and music that was added after filming. It doesn't seem to have any purpose other than a typical Ericksonian joke hypnotists (especially Brown) are fond of. When he talks about the ring, you hear a ring. Ha ha.
The effect itself was very simple. He took an easily hypnotizable subject and used arm catalepsy to get trance. After that he just had to stay in character.
This post has been edited by triangle of art: Apr 15 2007, 02:27 PM
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